# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at SABIC Innovative Plastics U.S. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098146` · 9/5/2023 · OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** SABIC Innovative Plastics U.S. LLC
- **Location:** 2148 North 2753rd Road, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, 61350
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a baffle in a decant tank for cleaning when a flash fire occurred. The employee sustained burns to both upper and lower extremities as well as the left cheek and lips.

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