# Thermal burns  second degree at Galata Chemicals LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065221` · 6/2/2025 · HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Nonflammable Liquids and Solids  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Galata Chemicals LLC
- **Location:** 471 Highway 3142, HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70057
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a quality control measure by taking a chemical sample for lab analysis. When the employee was opening the sample point, it broke off and crude 2-Ethylhexyl thioglycolate (EHTG) shot out at 265 degrees, and it covered the employee's legs and right arm and splashed the right side of their face. The employee was hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns to their right thigh, lower right knee, inner left thigh, and upper left forearm.

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