# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2022086928` · 8/5/2022 · HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 355 HWY 3142, HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70057
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing routine work on a pump when a drain valve snapped out. A mixture of hot diethanolamine and triethanolamine was released, burning the employee's abdomen, forearms, and legs. The employee was hospitalized.

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