# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Weill Cornell Medicine
> OSHA SIR `2016065274` · 6/14/2016 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Pipe fittings, collars
## Employer
- **Name:** Weill Cornell Medicine
- **Location:** 515 East 71st St., NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10065
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a hot condensate steam-line joint when the steam pipe broke and hot condensate steam splashed onto and burned his left thigh, right thigh, and right forearm.

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