# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2022076006` · 7/11/2022 · ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Confined spaces, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Confined spaces, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service
- **Location:** 161 E 1st Ave, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 99501
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was connecting two hoses together on a fire line when they fell into a hot ash pit and sustained second degree burns to the shoulder, hands, and knee.

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