# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at NORTH AMERICAN HOGANAS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015020496` · 2/17/2015 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTH AMERICAN HOGANAS, INC.
- **Location:** 5950 PACKARD ROAD, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14304
- **NAICS:** 325188
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disposing hot oxide out back and the steam radiating from the hot, granular material (1000 F) burned the back of his legs.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*