# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at MOR PPM, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076290` · 7/19/2022 · PALATKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MOR PPM, Inc.
- **Location:** 890 HWY 17 North, PALATKA, FLORIDA, 32177
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing out the rear of a vacuum truck using a fire hose to remove fly ash. A large clump of ash and mud came out of the truck and splashed the employee causing burns to their lower body from the hip down.

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