# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Charles Holston Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110714` · 11/15/2016 · JENNINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Charles Holston Inc.
- **Location:** 2200 US 90E, JENNINGS, LOUISIANA, 70546
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dispatched to an oil and gas weld site to pick up produced water. When he made it to the worksite, he set his truck in position, connected the hose, and engaged the vacuum pump. A fire then occurred, causing second and third degree burns to both of his arms and part of his torso, as well as minor burns to his neck, face, and ear.

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