# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017021004` · 2/1/2017 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Liquids, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION
- **Location:** 200 BAY BRIDGE ROAD, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36610
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in the basement where hot stock had overflowed and floated a grate up off the drain. The employee stepped into the uncovered drain hole and suffered second degree burns to the left leg and foot.

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