# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Pilgrim's - GNP Business Unit
> OSHA SIR `2017087810` · 8/15/2017 · ARCADIA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's - GNP Business Unit
- **Location:** 209 N. 3rd St., ARCADIA, WISCONSIN, 54612
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was switching a tank connection from natural gas to propane when the gas ignited, causing thermal burns to his left and right hands.

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