# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Sundhagen Sand & Gravel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010694` · 1/21/2019 · TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** Sundhagen Sand & Gravel, Inc.
- **Location:** 10428 67th Street NW, TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA, 58852
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a semi truck scale. He was thawing out the scale using a portable propane heater. A flash fire occurred within the confined area of the scale and caused second degree burns across 70% of his body.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*