# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Traditions Oil & Gas Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015107854` · 10/21/2015 · BORGER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Natural gas
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Traditions Oil & Gas Services, LLC
- **Location:** K M Pitts Lease Well #92 Compressor, BORGER, TEXAS, 79007
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was purging the ambient air on the compressor displacing it with natural gas. The night before, an electrical storm had shorted the motor. While purging the line, a spark ignited the natural gas causing a flash fire. The employee received burns on his face and hands and was hospitalized.

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