# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Medxcel
> OSHA SIR `2025055065` · 5/28/2025 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Medxcel
- **Location:** 1201 W 38th St, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78705
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a boiler water line. He was draining the boiler when hot water spilled onto his lower legs. The employee sustained first-, second-, and third-degree burns on his shins.

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