# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Ford's Garage Gainesville
> OSHA SIR `2023087266` · 8/10/2023 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ford's Garage Gainesville
- **Location:** 3650 Southwest 32nd Court, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32608
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wearing a glove to remove a bag from a hot water thermalizer when his glove filled with hot water causing burns to his right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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