# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Augusta Fuel Company
> OSHA SIR `2017010252` · 1/9/2017 · GARDINER, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** Augusta Fuel Company
- **Location:** 8 Oak Street, GARDINER, MAINE, 04345
- **NAICS:** 454310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a home delivery of propane when the gas released and ignited, causing a flash fire that burned his right hand, left leg, and face.

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