# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Master Truck and Trailer, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021095` · 2/3/2017 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Whole body
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Petroleum, crude oil
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Master Truck and Trailer, LLC
- **Location:** 3000 Garden City Hwy, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder to cut a clamp on top of a tank that was being de-gassed. The sparks from the grinder contacted the gas fumes from the tank, starting a flash fire. The employee suffered burns all over his body, requiring hospitalization.

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