# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Phillips 66
> OSHA SIR `2021054034` · 5/17/2021 · PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Phillips 66
- **Location:** 1000 South Pine Street, PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 74602
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened a valve to see if a drum was free of hot residual oil. The oil was plugged behind the open valve, but the plug dissolved. Hot oil (300-400 degrees F) splashed out of the drum's receiving receptacle and onto the employee's right thigh and right arm, as well as the right sides of the employee's abdomen and face.

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