# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Federal Bureau of Prisons
> OSHA SIR `2020054316` · 5/8/2020 · GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Prisons
- **Location:** MDC Guaynabo, GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO, 00965
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking outside the premises of the main building. The soil foundation was loose and he stepped over vapor lines under the ground, resulting in his left leg getting burned from the calf down. He was hospitalized.

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