# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at El Milagro of Texas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088636` · 8/28/2025 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Frying and pressurized cooking equipment, appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** El Milagro of Texas, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Barnes Dr., SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 311830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were changing fuses for a fryer. The pump on the fryer was turned off, but the heat exchanger kept running. When the pump was turned back on, hot oil shot toward the filter. The filter box opened and sprayed the two injured employees with hot grease. The employees suffered burns to their backs, shoulders, and arms.

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