# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Albemarle Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017065115` · 6/5/2017 · TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Albemarle Corporation
- **Location:** 2585 Back Vail Road, TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16686
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and two coworkers were working on a malfunctioning vacuum pump when the pump ruptured and sprayed the employee with hot lubricant, requiring hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*