# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Municipal & Contractor Sealing Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212511` · 12/6/2018 · SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Paint removers, thinners
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Municipal & Contractor Sealing Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2422 Lexington Avenue, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45505
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were purging an epoxy supply hose with MEK (paint thinner) inside an unventilated 4-wheel tow trailer. A torpedo heater in was in use at the time and ignited the MEK. Two employees received burns to the hands and face. A third employee inside the tow trailer was uninjured.

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