# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Marathon Petroleum Company LP
> OSHA SIR `2022108789` · 10/5/2022 · GARYVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Marathon Petroleum Company LP
- **Location:** 4663 West Airline Highway, GARYVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70051
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were preparing a main fractionator pump for blinding when the case
drain developed a leak. Butane and alkylate were released and the vapors reached an ignition source resulting in a fire. Two employees sustained burns to the upper chest and face. One employee was treated and released and one employee was hospitalized.

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