# Fractures and burns at Ecolab
> OSHA SIR `20241211304` · 12/7/2024 · JEROME, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecolab
- **Location:** 547 W Nez Perce Ave, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to perform a routine visual inspection by opening the manway hatch of the tank. As he turned to the tank and opened the manway hatch, the steam and/or the caustic cleaning solution was released with a high force. The temperature of the tank holding the caustic solution was 200 F. The employee sustained chemical and thermal burns to his back and body. He also suffered a compound fracture to his right ankle and fractures to his right elbow and right scapula. The employee was hospitalized.

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