# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Tavistock Restaurants
> OSHA SIR `2016065472` · 6/20/2016 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tavistock Restaurants
- **Location:** 761 Boyleston Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02116
- **NAICS:** 722511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received second and third degree burns to the left hand and wrist while cooking a piece of fish.

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