# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at JR Koop, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054888` · 5/14/2019 · TEA, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** JR Koop, Inc.
- **Location:** 27077 Gayle Avenue, TEA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57064
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to find a gas leak on a heater that was returned by a customer. In order to test the fuel injector spray pattern, the employee pressed the start button. Fuel was expelled from the engine and caught fire. The employee's right arm was burned.

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