# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Marriott Ocean Pointe
> OSHA SIR `2015074562` · 7/12/2015 · PALM BEACH SHORES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Liquids, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Marriott Ocean Pointe
- **Location:** 71 S. Ocean Avenue, PALM BEACH SHORES, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed a coffee pot on the counter of the Tiki Bar. When she turned around and bent down, she accidentally struck the counter causing the coffee pot to fall and hit another counter, spilling hot coffee onto her legs and back. She was hospitalized with second degree burns to the back of both legs and her back.

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