# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at R L Carriers Shared Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015097247` · 9/30/2015 · HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** R L Carriers Shared Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 3235 Penn St., HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 19440
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/30/15, at 9:19 PM, an employee was changing a propane tank when the tank ignited, burning his hands. Safety gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

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