# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at BASF Catalysts LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018047820` · 4/11/2018 · ATTAPULGUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** BASF Catalysts LLC
- **Location:** 141 Englehard Road, ATTAPULGUS, GEORGIA, 39815
- **NAICS:** 325188
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While conducting shut-down operations on the bottom floor of a fluid cracking catalyst, an employee stepped on a U-drain that cantilevered, allowing both feet to contact hot water condensate. The employee suffered severe burns to both feet and was hospitalized.

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