# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Apache Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191111569` · 11/6/2019 · TOYAH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mining and drilling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Apache Corporation
- **Location:** Mont Blanc Central Tank Battery, TOYAH, TEXAS, 79785
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to light the pilot on a buster at a tank battery when a  flash-back occurred which blew him back 15-20 feet. The employee sustained second degree burns on part of his face and hands and was hospitalized.

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