# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Factory Mutual Insurance Company
> OSHA SIR `2019010607` · 1/17/2019 · CHEPACHET, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Factory Mutual Insurance Company
- **Location:** 743 Reynolds Road, CHEPACHET, RHODE ISLAND, 02814
- **NAICS:** 524210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring a small quantity of heptane into a 1' x 1' pan to conduct a fire test in the laboratory. When the heptane was poured into the pan, it flashed and burned the employee's right hand and left thumb.

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