# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Penske Truck Leasing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171211684` · 12/8/2017 · PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Penske Truck Leasing Corporation
- **Location:** 1270 Hickory Street, PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53072
- **NAICS:** 532120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutting torch to cut a clutch from the bottom of a truck when hot grease inside the clutch box melted and dripped onto the employee's face, burning it.

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