# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Ox Specialty Paper, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087307` · 8/3/2020 · CARTHAGE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Ox Specialty Paper, LLC
- **Location:** 30 Champion Street, CARTHAGE, NEW YORK, 13619
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing housekeeping duties when they backed into a ball valve causing steam to release. The employee sustained second degree burns to their back.

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