# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at SUNCOR ENERGY, USA
> OSHA SIR `20221211155` · 12/24/2022 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SUNCOR ENERGY, USA
- **Location:** 5801 BRIGHTON BLVD., COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to a gas release at the refinery when the gas ignited, causing the employee to sustain burns to the face.

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