# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Perstorp Polyols, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109769` · 10/17/2016 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Perstorp Polyols, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Matzinger Rd., TOLEDO, OHIO, 43612
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 17, 2016, an employee was attempting to clean scale out of a pipe when hot water back-flowed from the pipe and injured the employee. The employee was hospitalized.

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