# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Longfellow Ranch Partners, LP
> OSHA SIR `2019011140` · 1/31/2019 · FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Longfellow Ranch Partners, LP
- **Location:** 5432 N. FM 1053, FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS, 79735
- **NAICS:** 112111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were attempting to fix leaks in a gasoline tank. When they went to heat up the area of the leaks to braze them closed, the gasoline fumes ignited from a small bucket under the tank. The fire burned the injured employee's arms and back, requiring hospitalization.

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