# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at MCA Construction Rentals
> OSHA SIR `20201211679` · 12/14/2020 · FRONTENAC, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** MCA Construction Rentals
- **Location:** The J.M. Smucker Co., FRONTENAC, KANSAS, 66763
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a manlift welding a flange on a gas supply line. There was residual gas in the pipe and the pipe exploded. The employee sustained burns to approximately six percent of his body.

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