# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at New England Confectionery Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010406` · 1/13/2017 · REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** New England Confectionery Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 135 AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY, REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02151
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a cooking kettle when boiling water splashed onto him. He received second degree burns to the torso, right arm and leg.

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