# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Qualawash Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109244` · 10/6/2023 · FRIENDLY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Qualawash Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** West Virginia Rt 2, FRIENDLY, WEST VIRGINIA, 26146
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting the return line from a container after cleaning when they were sprayed with heated sodium hydroxide solution. The employee sustained thermal and chemical burns to their legs.

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