# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111821` · 11/13/2019 · LOWNDESBORO, ALABAMA
## 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:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Plastics Drive, LOWNDESBORO, ALABAMA, 36752
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were checking the baskets in a dual filter basket system for debris. The hot water flow had been diverted to one basket while they checked the other one; as they were about to replace that basket's lid, there was a pop and hot water rushed into it, scalding the two employees and causing second- and third-degree burns on their arms and chests. One of them was hospitalized.

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