# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015040436` · 4/15/2015 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY
- **Location:** 1401 Brentwood Parkway NE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20002
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a power washer with gasoline when combustion occurred. The employee was hospitalized for flash burns to his face.

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