# Thermal burns  second degree at HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024054609` · 5/25/2024 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 3225 PENDORFF ROAD, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39441
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went into a washer. They stepped in a floor opening which was above a bath and their leg contacted hot water. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to 10-12% of their right leg.

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