# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Down East Energy
> OSHA SIR `20181010772` · 10/18/2018 · YARMOUTH, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Down East Energy
- **Location:** 178 Sea Meadows, YARMOUTH, MAINE, 04096
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to relight a pilot light on a customer's hot water heater when the unit flashed, causing a propane blowback into the employee's face that knocked off his safety glasses and caused a possible injury to his eyes.

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