# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at INTERNATIONAL PAPER
> OSHA SIR `20161211960` · 12/27/2016 · QUEEN CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERNATIONAL PAPER
- **Location:** 9978 FM 3129, QUEEN CITY, TEXAS, 75572
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a thermometer from a thermal well when hot liquid from the thermal well leaked out and sprayed the employee, causing thermal burns.

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