# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Basic Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2019076839` · 7/8/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Aromatics and hydrocarbon derivatives, except halogenated,  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Energy Services
- **Location:** One Mile West of Highway Eight 2100, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76102
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding on a pipe bracket between a pumphouse and tank batteries at a salt water disposal site. A flash fire burned the employee.

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