# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at TAS Environmental Services L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2023109597` · 10/17/2023 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TAS Environmental Services L.P.
- **Location:** 7910 S. Central Expy, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75216
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a vacuum pump and a 2-inch hose on a tanker truck to unload hot oil from a tank located inside a customer's facility. The hose became clogged and kicked up and out of the tank hatch, spraying the employee with hot oil. The employee suffered second-degree burns to their abdomen.

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