# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Precious Plate, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065882` · 6/20/2025 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning and polishing agents  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Precious Plate, Inc.
- **Location:** 2124 Liberty Drive, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14304
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding an all purpose soak and electro cleaner chemical to a water tank to make a cleaner bath. An exothermic reaction caused the 200 F water to splash on him, and he suffered hot water and steam burns to the right side of his face, his upper right arm, the right side of his torso, and his right leg.

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