# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Redlands Contracting
> OSHA SIR `2020076338` · 7/8/2020 · ELK CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** Redlands Contracting
- **Location:** Hwy 6 at I-40, ELK CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73644
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a gas-powered generator into an enclosed trailer. As he was moving a metal gas can, a flash fire began and caused burns over 40 percent of his body.

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