# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at SAVAGE SERVICES CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2023043844` · 4/29/2023 · NORCO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SAVAGE SERVICES CORPORATION
- **Location:** St. Charles Valero Refinery, NORCO, LOUISIANA, 70079
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a front-end loader outside a coke pit. A coke drum was opened, releasing hot water and petroleum coke. This material went over a berm and as the employee ran away from the material, he fell to the ground and was burned by the hot coke and water. The employee was hospitalized.

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