# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020010462` · 1/16/2020 · SPRING GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 228 South Main Street, SPRING GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17362
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing a batch of starch. As the employee added steam to the mixer, the starch overflowed. The employee slipped on the hot starch, which burned the employee's left hand and lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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