# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Mesquite Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087813` · 8/18/2020 · CATARINA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Mesquite Energy, Inc.
- **Location:** 30888 US-83, CATARINA, TEXAS, 78836
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee turned on a combustor at an oil and gas production site. A flash fire caused second-degree burns to the employee's hands and first-degree burns to his nose and ears.

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