# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019099193` · 9/5/2019 · CLYMER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Natural gas
## Employer
- **Name:** Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation
- **Location:** Pipeline Jobsite, CLYMER, PENNSYLVANIA, 15728
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was preparing a coupler for installation on a pipeline, residual natural gas flared and caught fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and arms.

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