# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at NAES Power Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2018099309` · 9/9/2018 · NEW FLORENCE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NAES Power Contractors
- **Location:** Conemaugh Generating Station, NEW FLORENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15944
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was vacuuming fly ash on the top section of a boiler when he stepped into an unusually deep section of fly ash, sinking into it up to his knees. The fly ash, which was still hot, went under his pants and into his shoes, causing second degree burns to both legs from the knees down.

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