# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at PASADENA REFINING SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025032488` · 3/15/2025 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** PASADENA REFINING SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 111 RED BLUFF ROAD, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77506
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running boiler-feed water to wash salt off the side glass on a vessel. The hose ruptured, causing the hot water to spray onto the employee. The employee suffered burns to their chest, arms, and abdomen.

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