# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Roger Williams University
> OSHA SIR `2017010996` · 1/31/2017 · BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Roger Williams University
- **Location:** One Old Ferry Road, BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND, 02809
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a pot of boiling water and splashed the boiling water on herself resulting in severe burns to the left forearm.

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