# Burns and corrosions, unspecified at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018021754` · 2/20/2018 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 1601 East Mound Rd, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a mail delivery truck when a vape cigarette in his pocket burned his leg, requiring hospitalization.

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