# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at TD*X Associates LP
> OSHA SIR `2017098649` · 9/8/2017 · ROBSTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Kilns
## Employer
- **Name:** TD*X Associates LP
- **Location:** 3277 County Road 69, ROBSTOWN, TEXAS, 78380
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog in a rotary kiln's discharge hopper when hot debris splashed onto his fire-resistant clothing and then into his boot, burning his right foot. He was hospitalized.

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