# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Jeremiah R. Downey Oil Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201211466` · 12/7/2020 · GARRISON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Jeremiah R. Downey Oil Corporation
- **Location:** 10 Coleman Rd, GARRISON, NEW YORK, 10524
- **NAICS:** 454310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an oil burner when it backfired, causing a flash fire that resulted in severe burns to the employee's body.

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