# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Retail Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211853` · 12/21/2016 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Heat guns
## Employer
- **Name:** Retail Construction Inc.
- **Location:** Jimmy Jazz, Palmer Park Mall, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18045
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heating a paint spray can with a heat gun when the can blew up, burning his hands, wrists, neck, and face.

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