# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Star Service, Inc. of Mobile
> OSHA SIR `20191010799` · 10/16/2019 · CHICKASAW, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Star Service, Inc. of Mobile
- **Location:** UOP/Honeywell, CHICKASAW, ALABAMA, 36611
- **NAICS:** 811412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a valve that had been heated to liquify the solder binding the valve to a pipe. Oil had collected in the piping at the valve; when the valve was removed, the oil ignited and caused first-degree burns to the employee's face and second-degree burns to his wrist.

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