# Other or multiple types of burns  degree unspecified at Keystone Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211921` · 12/28/2024 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Other or multiple types of burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lye, alkali metal hydroxides
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Keystone Foods LLC
- **Location:** 2281 Steele Station Road, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35906
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 28, 2024, an employee was adding caustic soda beads to the oven clean-in-place (CIP) cleaning system when he was splashed by hot chemicals. The employee sustained burns to his face and ear from the caustic soda beads.

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