# Thermal burns  second degree at Cactus Drilling Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054232` · 5/6/2025 · BIG LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lubricating fluids
- **Secondary source:** Drilling fluids systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Drilling Company, LLC
- **Location:** SRH-1449 HM RM -33, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting the liners of a mud pump that was making noise. The machine was shut down. As the pump was idling down, the inspection plate blew and knocked the employee back. Hot gear oil from the pump blew onto him, causing second-degree burns to his left arm and the left side of his face and ear. The employee was hospitalized.

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