# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at OS & S Operating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054872` · 5/22/2017 · VERNON, TEXAS
## 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:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OS & S Operating, Inc.
- **Location:** U.S. Highway 287 E., VERNON, TEXAS, 76384
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the oil tank hatch when a spark ignited the material inside the tank. The employee sustained burns to the face, back and hands.

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