# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Solugen Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098151` · 9/5/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Solugen Inc.
- **Location:** 14549 Minetta Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77035
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to change an in-line filter and had blocked and bled the line. While removing the filter, the employee was struck by 200-degree liquid. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to the face and chest.

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