# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Kansas Electric
> OSHA SIR `2020065754` · 6/19/2020 · NEWTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** Kansas Electric
- **Location:** 1420 NW. 36th St., NEWTON, KANSAS, 67114
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to ignite a scrap wood burn pile using gasoline. When the gasoline caught fire there was a large burst of flame and the employee sustained burns to both arms, a portion of the back, their lips, and hair.

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