# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Aerospace Lubricants
> OSHA SIR `2023076572` · 7/22/2023 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Aerospace Lubricants
- **Location:** 1600 Georgesville Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 324191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were filling 55-gallon drums of finished lubricant from a cook kettle. The injured employee was operating the kettle valve when the seal on the filter basket failed under pressure, spraying the employee with 300-400-degree F lubricant. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to 20% of the body, including his chest, arms, and legs and was hospitalized.

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