# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099712` · 9/19/2018 · MARBLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 17761 Route 208, MARBLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16334
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a clean-out of the boiler when fire from the boiler back-flashed and caused second and third degree burns to his body.

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