# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at CITGO Petroleum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018066508` · 6/29/2018 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CITGO Petroleum Corporation
- **Location:** 4401 Highway 108, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting the coke or removing the coke from the drum to the loading area. Steam was released during the coke cutting process and the employee suffered burns to the neck/jawline and hand/wrist areas.

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