# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Diamond Shamrock Refining Company, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2017032015` · 3/3/2017 · THREE RIVERS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire or explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Diamond Shamrock Refining Company, L.P.
- **Location:** 301 West LeRoy, THREE RIVERS, TEXAS, 78071
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/3/17, two employees were lighting the Stabilizer Reboiler Heater (21-H-205). An internal vapor ignition impacted the heater integrity and both employees that were in the process of lighting the heater were injured. One of the employees was admitted to the hospital for further treatment of burns to the face.

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