# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Instant Growth Hydro Seeding
> OSHA SIR `2019076716` · 7/3/2019 · MASONTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Instant Growth Hydro Seeding
- **Location:** 140 VIP Dr, MASONTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 26542
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a yard starting a gas-powered air compressor. As the compressor started, a flash fire burned his left arm and face. He was hospitalized.

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