# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at JDub Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021821` · 2/25/2020 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Natural gas
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** JDub Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** 16 Miles N. of Big spring, Howard county, Whittaker location for Granadier Energy Partners, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining condensate from an air compressor when a catastrophic failure occurred on a check valve on a natural gas line. The natural gas began blowing toward the running compressor and the gas ignited causing an explosion. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to the face, hands, left leg, and left midsection.

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