# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Niagara Lutheran Development
> OSHA SIR `20181111684` · 11/13/2018 · LANCASTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** Niagara Lutheran Development
- **Location:** 5949 Broadway, LANCASTER, NEW YORK, 14086
- **NAICS:** 623312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a truck with gas when the gas spilled on his pants leg. The gas-soaked pants later ignited, causing serious burns to his lower right leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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