# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at CCA Civil, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085434` · 8/4/2015 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- **Secondary source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** CCA Civil, Inc.
- **Location:** Exit 13, Staten Island Expressway, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10301
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal rebar with a powered saw on the Staten Island Expressway (Exit 13) when the saw exploded, splashing gasoline onto the employee's legs. The gasoline caught fire, and the employee sustained third degree burns to the legs. The employee was hospitalized.

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