# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Lippolis Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065733` · 6/12/2018 · LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Lippolis Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 28-34 Jackson Ave, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, 11101
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a receptacle on a live floor box. He was extending the floor box using PVC glue to secure it. The flammable glue ignited with the live wire in the floor box. The employee's left hand sustained second degree burns.

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