# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Borbet Alabama, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043209` · 4/17/2016 · AUBURN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Natural gas
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Borbet Alabama, Inc.
- **Location:** 979 West Veterans Blvd, AUBURN, ALABAMA, 36832
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heating a mold with a natural gas burner when the hose came loose and caught on fire, burning the employee's face and neck.

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