# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Flying A Pumping Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032242` · 3/9/2020 · ALBANY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Fire, flame
## Employer
- **Name:** Flying A Pumping Service, LLC
- **Location:** 5400 E. Hwy 180, ALBANY, TEXAS, 76430
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the yard and burning trash. An empty barrel that had held flammable material exploded on the trash pile. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the hands and face, and another employee from a different company also received hand and facial burns. Both employees were hospitalized.

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