# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Madison Gas and Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2020076462` · 7/10/2020 · MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Madison Gas and Electric Company
- **Location:** 8551 Research Way, MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, 53562
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished spray painting the floor of a generator enclosure. The spray paint can was knocked over and ruptured, and the escaping paint vapors ignited. The employee suffered serious burns to the face, neck, hand, and arm.

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