# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ABM Onsite Services
> OSHA SIR `2016042948` · 4/8/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Beverages, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ABM Onsite Services
- **Location:** 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60637
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning while a coworker was pushing a cart of hot coffee nearby. A carafe of hot coffee fell off the cart and spilled onto the employee's ankles, causing severe burns that required hospitalization and surgery.

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