# Thermal burns  second degree at The Elco Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024021836` · 2/28/2024 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Elco Corporation
- **Location:** 1000 Beltline Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44109
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 28, 2024, an employee was making a cleaning chemical and while checking the kettle, was splashed with the chemical solution that was at its boiling point. The employee sustained first- and second-degree thermal burns to the legs and torso.

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