# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at T. Neale Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054648` · 5/23/2017 · DAYTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** T. Neale Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 712 West Clayton, DAYTON, TEXAS, 77535
- **NAICS:** 454310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 05/23/2017, an employee attempted to fill a portable propane cylinder. The connection from the employee's tank to the customer's cylinder may have been cross-threaded. The employee was tightening the connection when the hose detached, allowing vapors to escape. The vapor cloud ignited and the employee suffered second and third degree burns to the upper torso and legs. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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