# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ND Paper, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065884` · 6/11/2019 · RUMFORD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ND Paper, Inc.
- **Location:** 35 Hartford Street, RUMFORD, MAINE, 04276
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was "rodding" a boiler (unclogging a plug of smelt) when the plug let loose. The smelt, which was under pressure, then sprayed the employee. The employee was severely burned by molten smelt on the face, neck, shoulder, and leg, requiring hospitalization.

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