# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Amspec LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098691` · 9/13/2020 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Amspec LLC
- **Location:** 5237 Halls Mill Rd, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36619
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) standard with laboratory equipment when the equipment was knocked off the counter, causing the quick connect to fail. LPG then released and was ignited by the equipment's heating element. The employee received first and second degree burns on the right and left hands.

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