# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at E & M Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020054450` · 5/13/2020 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** E & M Services LLC
- **Location:** Norht Dakota HWY 23 Mile marker 19, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance and starting a gas plant by turning the valves when a flash fire and explosion occurred. He suffered burn injuries to his hands and face.

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