# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Quackenbush Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043587` · 4/21/2023 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Quackenbush Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Niacet Corporation, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14304
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing process piping when a steam valve was opened and the employee was struck by the steam. They sustained burns to their lower extremities.

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