# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ExxonMobil Chemical Baton Rouge Plastics Plant
> OSHA SIR `2022076303` · 7/19/2022 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** ExxonMobil Chemical Baton Rouge Plastics Plant
- **Location:** 11675 Scotland-zachary Hwy, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70807
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to scope a project. He stepped into a 2-foot-deep excavation containing rain water that had been heated through contact with hot pipes. He suffered burns to both lower legs and was hospitalized.

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