# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at ETX Energy
> OSHA SIR `2016099005` · 9/22/2016 · MADISONVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** ETX Energy
- **Location:** "Barrell 1", MADISONVILLE, TEXAS, 77864
- **NAICS:** 561499
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pumping oil into a production line via a hot oil truck. Oil began to spray out of the pipe and ignited the burner. The ensuing fire engulfed the employee's upper body and he received third degree burns, requiring hospitalization and surgery. PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.

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