# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Champion Cooler
> OSHA SIR `2019054967` · 5/16/2019 · DENISON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Cooler
- **Location:** 1724 South Scullin Ave, DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on metal grate flooring above a chemical tank and fell through a section of the grate. His right foot was submerged in the chemical mixture that was heated to 160 degrees, and caused second degree burns half way up his shin.

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