# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Stokes Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043253` · 4/10/2017 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## 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:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** Stokes Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** Louis Dreyfus Company LLC dba Imperial Sugar Company, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was refilling a forklift cylinder when the fueling nozzle began leaking propane. As the employee went to turn off the nozzle, the propane ignited and the employee sustained burns to his neck, arms, face, and head.

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