# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Okuley's Pharmacy & Home Medical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043441` · 4/15/2020 · DEFIANCE, OHIO
## 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:** Ethanol
## Employer
- **Name:** Okuley's Pharmacy & Home Medical, Inc.
- **Location:** 1201 E. Second St., DEFIANCE, OHIO, 43512
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 15, 2020, an employee was using an ethanol filter to make sanitizer. As the employee was using a pump to filter ethanol from one 5-gallon bucket (through tubing and a charcoal filter) to another, the ethanol started to spray out and immediately caught fire. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face, hands, and arms.

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