# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Aladdin Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2024065217` · 6/12/2024 · HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire  unspecified
- **Source:** Flammable and combustible liquids and solids  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Aladdin Packaging
- **Location:** 115 Engineering Rd., HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK, 11788
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A container containing a flammable liquid was stored on a shelf below a work table. An employee was using a metal grinder on a tabletop when sparks from the grinder ignited the flammable liquid, resulting in second- and third-degree burns to their lower leg.

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