# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Clean Harbors Environmental
> OSHA SIR `2020109667` · 10/10/2020 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Clean Harbors Environmental
- **Location:** 309 American Road, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been pulling samples from drums, placing them in jars, and placing them in the lab for testing. He headed to lunch, then returned and began to work in the lab under the lab hood. When he opened a jar, there was a flash fire and chemicals splashed onto him. He suffered burns to the neck, chest, left hand, and wrist and was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*