# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery
> OSHA SIR `2020010457` · 1/15/2020 · OLD OCEAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and back
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery
- **Location:** 8189 Old Ocean FM 524, OLD OCEAN, TEXAS, 77463
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the top steam vent on the main fractionator. The trapped hot condensate from the vent leaked out and landed on the employee's back and shoulders. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns.

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