# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Croda, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021789` · 2/13/2016 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Croda, Inc.
- **Location:** 315 Cherry Lane, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heating and circulating a chemical batch in a process tank. The employee opened the automatic valve in the control room to begin the transfer of hot molten chemical material. Two bottom drain valves were left open on the transfer line spilling the hot molten chemical material onto the floor. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to the lower extremities and both hands and arms.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*