# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Excel Modular Scaffold & Leasing Company
> OSHA SIR `2017087378` · 8/3/2017 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Aromatics and hydrocarbon derivatives, except halogenated,  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Excel Modular Scaffold & Leasing Company
- **Location:** 2555 Savannah Ave, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just completed an abatement job and was using a water hose to wash down the area when a flash fire occurred from some piping in the operating unit, burning the employee.

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