# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Performance Materials NA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032535` · 3/25/2021 · VICTORIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Materials NA, Inc.
- **Location:** 2697 Old Bloomington Hwy, VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77904
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A fire occurred at the initiator tanks area within the facility when a small amount of organic peroxide slowly leaked by a gate valve into the main header flush line over a two-day period. The peroxide sat in the flush line and slowly decomposed as it warmed up. A production operator had been walking by the initiator tanks area when the fire broke out. He suffered burns to his back and lower body and was hospitalized.

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