# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Missouri Basin Well Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021417` · 2/11/2018 · BELFIELD, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **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:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Missouri Basin Well Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 12980 35th Street SW, BELFIELD, NORTH DAKOTA, 58622
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a spray wand connected to a hot water pressure washer to open up a frozen produce water tank. The produce water vented hydrocarbon vapors near the hot water pressure washer causing a fire. Two employees received second and third degree burns to the face, neck and hands.

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