# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021042983` · 4/9/2021 · ALVIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc.
- **Location:** FM 2917, ALVIN, TEXAS, 77512
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walked into a location in a tank containment dike where part of a grate had been removed, causing his right leg to sink in hot wash water up to his knee. The water filled his rubber boot and he suffered second- and third-degree burns below the knee.

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