# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Bureau of Land Management
> OSHA SIR `2015096565` · 9/9/2015 · SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fire, flame
## Employer
- **Name:** Bureau of Land Management
- **Location:** Resource Benefit Fire, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, 87505
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was fighting a fire in a remote area. The employee had an extra drip torch, which had leaked fuel. The residual fuel caught on fire, and the employee sustained second degree burns on the back of the arm, above the left elbow in the triceps area, as well as burns around both legs/sock areas.

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