# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at North American Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032383` · 3/15/2017 · AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** North American Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Covanta Energy, AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01001
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside the boiler removing broken pieces of refractory from the hopper using a water hose when the wall directly in front of the employee released hot ash and refractory onto the employee. The employee rolled into the hopper and was engulfed by the hot ash and debris. The employee suffered burns to 65% of his body ranging from first to third degree burns. The worst of the burns were to his legs and ankles.

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