# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Valero Refining Company - Texas LP
> OSHA SIR `2016010079` · 1/5/2016 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Valero Refining Company - Texas LP
- **Location:** 5900 UP RIVER RD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78401
- **NAICS:** 333298
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in a tank farm area when he slipped into an open hole in soft ground, which contained water that was heated by an exposed steam pipe. He was exposed to the heated water on both of his legs, burning one leg up to the knee and the other leg up to the mid-thigh.

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