# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at MECHANICAL RUBBER PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171212230` · 12/27/2017 · WARWICK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MECHANICAL RUBBER PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 77 FORESTER AVENUE, WARWICK, NEW YORK, 10990
- **NAICS:** 326291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was burned on the face, chest, and back by steam while opening an autoclave.

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