# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Savage Services
> OSHA SIR `2020098906` · 9/19/2020 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Sulfur and sulfur compounds, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Savage Services
- **Location:** 4500 Old Port Industrial Rd., GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing hot sulfur slugs and sulfur splashed onto his face. The employee sustained a second degree thermal burn on his cheek.

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