# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at NRG Energy Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065168` · 6/1/2025 · THOMPSONS, 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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** NRG Energy Inc.
- **Location:** 2500 Y.U. Jones Road, THOMPSONS, TEXAS, 77481
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were opening the auxiliary steam low-point drain to a standpipe when hot water and steam splashed the employees. One employee sustained burns to their back, shoulder, and arm and was hospitalized. The other employee received treatment but was not hospitalized.

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