# Thermal burns  second degree at CITGO Petroleum Corporation - Lake Charles
> OSHA SIR `2024010386` · 1/15/2024 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** CITGO Petroleum Corporation - Lake Charles
- **Location:** 4401 Louisiana 108, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 424720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting the steam tracing around a VTB flow transmitter. The connection on the process tubing was dislodged, causing the VTB material to contact the employee. The employee was hospitalized with second-degree thermal burns to their left hand, wrist, and forearm.

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