# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ProEnergy Services
> OSHA SIR `2018055322` · 5/31/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Alcohols, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ProEnergy Services
- **Location:** 8303 McHard Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77058
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean residual oil from a 4 ft X 4 ft plastic tote. The employee put approximately 1 quart of denatured alcohol into the tote and then moved the tote to swish around the alcohol in the bottom. The employee's cotton rag then fell into the tote and it flashed, causing a flash burn to the left side of the employee's face and neck. The employee was hospitalized.

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