# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Start Kleen Legacy
> OSHA SIR `2021119418` · 11/1/2021 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Start Kleen Legacy
- **Location:** 2570 Lone Star Dr., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a drain when a thermal reaction between sodium hydroxide and hot water occurred. The employee sustained thermal and chemical burns to the head and was hospitalized.

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