# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at River Rock Operating LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087333` · 8/4/2020 · CHANUTE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Ethylene glycol
## Employer
- **Name:** River Rock Operating LLC
- **Location:** Fireside Compression Yard, CHANUTE, KANSAS, 66720
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on a natural gas glycol dehydration unit when the housing unit ruptured and hot glycol fluid made contact with the employee, leading to hospitalization for third degree burns on top of the head, neck, and back.

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