# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Restaurant Associates
> OSHA SIR `2025010765` · 1/24/2025 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Steaming equipment and appliances except fabric presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Restaurant Associates
- **Location:** 1 Bryant Pk, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10036
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting vegetables in front of a partially filled 60-gallon steam kettle. The kettle malfunctioned and spilled hot liquid and pasta onto the employee, resulting in burns to their lower extremities and right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

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