# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Home Sweet Home of Toccoa
> OSHA SIR `2022053981` · 5/7/2022 · TOCCOA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Pots, pans, trays
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Sweet Home of Toccoa
- **Location:** 16 Crestwood Dr, TOCCOA, GEORGIA, 30577
- **NAICS:** 623312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Grease in a pan had caught fire while being heated on a stove. An employee picked up the pan from the stove to put out the fire and suffered second- and third-degree burns to the right hand.

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