# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Calumet Karns City Refining
> OSHA SIR `2023109432` · 10/12/2023 · KARNS CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Calumet Karns City Refining
- **Location:** 138 Petrolia Street, KARNS CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16041
- **NAICS:** 324199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a pump for removal. The hose was disconnected and steam was introduced into the hose, freeing a plug. Hot wax material splashed onto the employee, burning his leg.

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