# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Metromont Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20161211557` · 12/12/2016 · HIRAM, GEORGIA
## 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:** Flammable gas, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metromont Corporation
- **Location:** 200 Metromont Road, HIRAM, GEORGIA, 30141
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to strip an electrical cord but the strippers would not work on the cord, so he used a lighter to melt the insulation. The lighter ignited a gas leak and triggered an explosion, burning the employee's hands and face.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*