# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025076360` · 7/1/2025 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 4685 Mountain Creek Parkway, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75236
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the flake wash line and starting up the auger (9 feet tall) when a top cover on the auger came loose. Hot water and plastic flakes erupted from the top, causing second- and third-degree burns to 20% of his body.

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