# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ASAP Tires and Towing
> OSHA SIR `2016010723` · 1/25/2016 · CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Petroleum, crude oil
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** ASAP Tires and Towing
- **Location:** 215 E. Taylor Rd., CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
- **NAICS:** 488410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutting torch on a diesel trailer when the oil holding tank exploded. The employee was hospitalized with severe burns to his face, right hand, and back.

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