# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Total Refinery
> OSHA SIR `2015063936` · 6/21/2015 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## 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-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Total Refinery
- **Location:** 7600 32nd St., PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a clogged strainer on a pump. Upon removal of the strainer, stored up steam was released and burned the employee's face, chest and right arm.

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