# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Weill Cornell Medicine
> OSHA SIR `2017032587` · 3/21/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Weill Cornell Medicine
- **Location:** 1300 York Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10065
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was recovering a glass container from an autoclave when the hot phosphate buffer saline solution erupted from the autoclave and burned the employee's legs. Proper PPE was not worn at the time.

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