# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Depot Connect International Tank Wash Facility
> OSHA SIR `2025010842` · 1/27/2025 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Depot Connect International Tank Wash Facility
- **Location:** 5100 Underwood Rd, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the tank wash facility and went to turn on a cold-water hose. The steam hose turned on and the employee was burned by steam. He was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns to his right arm and torso.

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