# Thermal burns  second degree at Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LP
> OSHA SIR `20241110666` · 11/15/2024 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Tanker trucks
- **Secondary source:** Wax
## Employer
- **Name:** Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LP
- **Location:** 9500 I-10 East, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to load a truck with hot wax. While working to isolate the trailer, the employee slipped off the beam and fell into the wax, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his arms and legs.

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