# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Kettle Cuisine
> OSHA SIR `2024076017` · 7/4/2024 · LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Kettle Cuisine
- **Location:** 330 Lynnway, LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01901
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing a kettle with 196-degree water to clean equipment when the hot cleaning fluid splashed on his leg and got in his work boot, causing severe burns to his leg/foot. The employee was hospitalized.

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