# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Roberts Wesleyan College
> OSHA SIR `2016087332` · 8/8/2016 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Roberts Wesleyan College
- **Location:** 2301 Westside Drive, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14624
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a faulty water cannon and was standing in front of it. The cannon motor did not stop running and hot water (being hot from the sun) escaped, burning the employee. The employee was hospitalized.

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