# Burns and smoke inhalation at Brand Energy Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2016010251` · 1/11/2016 · TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and smoke inhalation
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Brand Energy Solutions
- **Location:** 1566 4th Ave South, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77591
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing gouging operations on the internal surfaces of a vessel when a flash fire occurred. The employee received burns to the upper chest, arms, and legs (approximately 44% of body) and was hospitalized for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation.

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