# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Meadville Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2017087914` · 8/17/2017 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Meadville Medical Center
- **Location:** 751 Liberty Street, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring a pot of hot oil from the kitchen to the oil disposal container for recycling when some of the hot oil spilled on his left leg. He was hospitalized with burn injuries.

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