# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Delek US Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065779` · 6/27/2024 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums, cans  nonpressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Delek US Energy, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Mchenry Street, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 27, 2024, two employees were doing a lineup of a vessel (metal drum) to be filled through a fixed pipe with heated water. The lid of the vessel became unseated and a burping action occurred, spraying hot water onto an employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to their back, left arm, left leg, and right hip.

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