# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Lauderdale Dental, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018032904` · 3/26/2018 · OPELIKA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Medical machinery and equipment, except x-ray
## Employer
- **Name:** Lauderdale Dental, LLC
- **Location:** 2015 Interstate DR, OPELIKA, ALABAMA, 36801
- **NAICS:** 621210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning on an oxygen tank to a nitrous oxide mixer when the machine burst into flames, causing second degree burns to the employee's right thigh, left hand, and face.

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