# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074662` · 7/14/2015 · EPPING, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Pumps
- **Secondary source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Well Site Billabong 2-13-14HBK, EPPING, NORTH DAKOTA, 58843
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered burns from a flash fire that was created by a trash pump unit powered by a gas generator. It is used to pump oil and water from an open top tank at the well site.

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