# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Bureau of Indian Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2019011032` · 1/29/2019 · FORT HALL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bureau of Indian Affairs
- **Location:** Fort Hall Irrigation, FORT HALL, IDAHO, 83203
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was burning debris in an irrigation canal when he lost his balance and fell into the canal, which contained hot ash and burning weeds.  He was hospitalized with skin burns.

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