# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at FERRELLGAS INC
> OSHA SIR `2023098521` · 9/15/2023 · BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FERRELLGAS INC
- **Location:** 1500 Block NE Pink Road, BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, 64029
- **NAICS:** 424720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lighting the pilot light on a water heater. Gas ignited, causing a flash fire and explosion at the residential property. The employee suffered burns to the head, neck, upper torso, and upper extremities.

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