# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Shintech, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022119731` · 11/5/2022 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Shintech, Inc
- **Location:** 26270 Louisiana Hwy 1 South, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was vacuuming drums into a hopper and stepped away while a nearby steam drum was being blown down to control level. Upon returning to the task, the employee stepped into an unguarded trench that contained hot water and sustained bilateral first and second-degree burns from the thighs to the toes.

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