# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at INTERNATIONAL SHIPBREAKING LIMITED, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019054912` · 5/14/2019 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- **Secondary source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERNATIONAL SHIPBREAKING LIMITED, LLC
- **Location:** 18501 R.L. OSTOS ROAD, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 488390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were cutting heating coil pipes using an electric reciprocating saw inside a starboard cargo tank on a barge. Gasoline vapors ignited and employees received first, second, and third degree burns. Two employees were hospitalized.

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