# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Environmental Painting Alternatives, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109784` · 10/17/2016 · APOPKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), 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:** Environmental Painting Alternatives, Inc.
- **Location:** 555 Martin St., APOPKA, FLORIDA, 32703
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was refilling a gas powered pressure washer when some gasoline spilled onto the hot muffler and ignited, burning his hands.

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