# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ExxonMobile Baton Rouge Plastics Plant
> OSHA SIR `2018010656` · 1/20/2018 · SCOTLANDVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** ExxonMobile Baton Rouge Plastics Plant
- **Location:** 11675 Scotland-zachary Hwy, SCOTLANDVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70807
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the door to a piece of pelletizing equipment when hot water contacted and burned his leg.

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