# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Modern Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018076705` · 7/5/2018 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Modern Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 613 West 11th Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16501
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lighting a furnace for operation when a malfunction caused the flames to shoot out of the furnace, burning the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for facial burns.

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