# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Murphy Oil Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018010017` · 1/2/2018 · TILDEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Murphy Oil Corporation
- **Location:** 2 1/2 miles west hwy 99, TILDEN, TEXAS, 78072
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to reduce the high liquid level on the site-glass when a compress exploded, causing second degree burns to 5 percent of the employee's body.

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