# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at U.S. Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2016109537` · 10/10/2016 · FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- **Secondary source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Forest Service
- **Location:** 2150 Centre Ave. Building E, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, 80526
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 10/10/16, employees started a prescribed fire in a national forest to help the vegetation in the area. One employee was refueling a chainsaw to cut trees. When he uncapped the fuel tank, the hot oil boiled out of the tank and onto his right wrist, right arm, and belly, causing second and third degree burns.

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