# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2018076880` · 7/10/2018 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
- **Location:** 4401 HIGHWAY 108, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in an area with an open-ended line when hot steam/water splashed on his back.

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