# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Maval Industries LLC Division of Remy International
> OSHA SIR `2015052189` · 5/29/2015 · TWINSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Maval Industries LLC Division of Remy International
- **Location:** 1555 Enterprise Pkwy, TWINSBURG, OHIO, 44087
- **NAICS:** 336330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee accidentally hooked up a 55 gallon drum of solvent instead of a 55 gallon drum of waste water to the evaporative machine to perform cleaning operations.  The machine caught on fire on the inside and then created a flash fire on the outside which caused 2nd and 3rd degree burns to both hands and legs of the employee.

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