# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Noble Drilling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191212481` · 12/4/2019 · TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Noble Drilling, LLC
- **Location:** TI-IVES-157-94-0601-H-6 Well Site, TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA, 58852
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring a 2-inch hose that was being thawed out using steam and was about to uncouple it to drain the line. When he unlatched the cam locks, built-up steam in the line released and burned the employee's face.

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