# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at CompuNet Clinical Laboratories
> OSHA SIR `2019010941` · 1/25/2019 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CompuNet Clinical Laboratories
- **Location:** One Wyoming St, DAYTON, OHIO, 45409
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting tissue for examination. During this process, the employee sprayed a freezing agent on the tissue while it was in the cryostat and a flash fire occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and neck.

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