# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Aqua Ez, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043823` · 4/10/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Beauty preparations, cosmetics
## Employer
- **Name:** Aqua Ez, Inc.
- **Location:** 6100 Wheaton Dr. SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30336
- **NAICS:** 325620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning on an electrical box agitator near a high-speed mixing tank when hot liquid hair conditioner, at > 212 degrees F, came out of the tank and caused second degree burns on the employee's upper torso, head, and face.

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