# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Covestro LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023088018` · 8/30/2023 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Covestro LLC
- **Location:** 8500 West Bay Rd, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing hot plastic waste product from a cooling bath with a hook and placing it onto the floor to be shoveled away for disposal. The employee lost his footing and fell into the hot plastic and water on the floor, resulting in second-degree burns on his right torso and leg, with suspected third-degree burns on parts of his leg.

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