# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021064759` · 6/11/2021 · AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC.
- **Location:** 301 E. SULLIVAN RD., AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60505
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 3:36 p.m. on June 11, 2021, an employee was using a cutting torch to cut the end off a 55-gallon drum that had been filled with hand sanitizer. The drum flashed and the employee suffered a thermal burn to the left side. He was hospitalized.

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