# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at SOUTHEAST CONNECTIONS, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020021548` · 2/17/2020 · ACWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHEAST CONNECTIONS, LLC.
- **Location:** 5135 N. Main Street, ACWORTH, GEORGIA, 30101
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a walk-behind gasoline-powered tamper, trying to repair a low section of asphalt. While the employee was tampering the temporary asphalt, the fuel line connection broke from the fuel tank at the rubber grommet, discharging gasoline on his pants, which then ignited. He suffered second degree burns to both legs.

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