# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Tri Con Works, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015042163` · 4/30/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Methane gas
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri Con Works, LLC
- **Location:** 5757 Oats Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 3-foot perforated pipe was being taken out of a trench for assembly.  The pipe had residual methane gas that was ignited when the McElroy fusion equipment was turned on.  An employee was severely burned and required hospitalization.

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