# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Pensacola Bay Support Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20181111419` · 11/6/2018 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pensacola Bay Support Services, LLC.
- **Location:** Naval Air Station Pensacola, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32508
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the third step of an A-frame 6-foot ladder in the galley kitchen removing a long fluorescent light cover when he lost his balance and fell on a 30-inch-tall, 30-inch-wide steam kettle that was half full of 200 degree Fahrenheit water. This resulted in second and third degree burns to his right calf and right lower part of his arm and hand. He was hospitalized.

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