# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Crossland Heavy Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2019021521` · 2/11/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Methane gas
- **Secondary source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Crossland Heavy Contractors
- **Location:** 3301 S 8 Highway SS, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65807
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutoff saw to cut a hole in the top of a digester tank. Sparks ignited the methane gas in the digester tank. He was thrown over a railing and fell. The methane gas explosion burned his back and midsection.

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