# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Gryphon Technologies
> OSHA SIR `20190910050` · 9/25/2019 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Motorboat, motorized yacht
## Employer
- **Name:** Gryphon Technologies
- **Location:** 4600 Village Avenue, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23502
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was refueling a small boat. The employee was checking the battery connections to the fuel pump when gasoline vapors flashed, causing second and third degree burns to the employee's arm and head. The employee was hospitalized.

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