# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at SI GROUP, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191112199` · 11/25/2019 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Petroleum, crude oil
## Employer
- **Name:** SI GROUP, INC.
- **Location:** 702 FM 523, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a nitrogen hose to a main line. The gasket inside the hose fell out. While the employee was trying to close the valve on the process side, PTBP crude sprayed the employee, causing second-degree burns to the neck and the hand.

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