# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at TNT Well Servicing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211711` · 12/10/2017 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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:** TNT Well Servicing, Inc.
- **Location:** Bertonson 1-30, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a vacuum truck when the hose became disconnected and began spraying hot fluid. A fire and then explosion occurred, and the employee suffered serious burns.

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