# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at George S. Hall, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201110421` · 11/3/2020 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## 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:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** George S. Hall, Inc
- **Location:** 272 Wyckoff Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11217
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing daily preventive maintenance on a boiler and suffered burns to the neck, back, right arm and shoulder when hot water backed up the drain and overflowed onto the employee.

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