# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Bifinger Westcon, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053853` · 5/6/2016 · HUDSON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Bifinger Westcon, Inc.
- **Location:** 29619 Spur Avenue, HUDSON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57034
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the distillation building of a biofuel plant installing new piping. He was unbolting steel pipe to install a butterfly valve. A fire occurred and two employees were burned. One employee was treated and released. The other employee was hospitalized.

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