# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at DentalEZ, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010587` · 1/20/2022 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** DentalEZ, Inc.
- **Location:** 1816 Colonial Village Lane, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 339114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to place a product into a heated tank to clean it. A stainless steel lid was covering the tank. The employee turned the tank on and a hot water solution exploded from the tank, covering parts of his face, neck, head, chest, and arms. The employee suffered burns to the upper body region.

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