# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Suburban Contract Cleaning
> OSHA SIR `2016087160` · 8/3/2016 · CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Suburban Contract Cleaning
- **Location:** 10 Highland Ave, CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19013
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing out refractory outside of a hopper when ash from above poured out and caused first and second degree burns to the employee's neck and legs.

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