# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at H-E-B, LP HOUSTON SNACK PLANT
> OSHA SIR `2021021670` · 2/24/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** H-E-B, LP HOUSTON SNACK PLANT
- **Location:** 10000 GENARD RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the cover to an oil vat and was sprayed with hot oil, resulting in second degree burns to the face and left arm.

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