# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Union Carbide
> OSHA SIR `2023010532` · 1/18/2023 · HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Carbide
- **Location:** 355 hwy 3142, HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70057
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 18, 2023, an employee was investigating a boiler feed water leak. The leak was stopped and the employee began completing housekeeping tasks in the area. He stepped in a puddle of boiler feed water, submerging his lower leg to the top of his rubber boot, resulting in second-degree burns of the lower leg and foot. The employee was hospitalized.

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