# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at National Church Residences
> OSHA SIR `2019066492` · 6/27/2019 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Ranges, cooking ovens, grills, toasters, food warmers
## Employer
- **Name:** National Church Residences
- **Location:** Baptist Towers, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30311
- **NAICS:** 925110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to a grease fire on an apartment tenant's stove when the burning grease caused second degree burns to the employee's right hand.

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