# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Azteca Milling, Lp
> OSHA SIR `2023076237` · 7/13/2023 · PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Whole body
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Confined spaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Azteca Milling, Lp
- **Location:** 1388 Co Rd U, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, 79072
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a water hose to clean the outside of a wastewater drain system when he fell into an area of the drain that was not covered. Hot water and chemicals caused first, second, and third-degree burns all over the employee's body. The employee was hospitalized.

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