# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at COVANTA Energy of SEMASS
> OSHA SIR `2016010152` · 1/7/2016 · WEST WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** COVANTA Energy of SEMASS
- **Location:** 141 Cranberry Highway, WEST WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 02576
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working on a sorting line, an employee was sprayed by a flammable chemical when the bottle that it was in got stuck on the conveyor. The ignition source was a portable heater that was being used to keep the employee warm. The employee received 1st and 2nd degree burns to the right hand and right leg.

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