# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at KESSEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020098802` · 9/16/2020 · BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** KESSEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** P.O. BOX 737, 345 HIGH STREET, BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16701
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened a trailer. A propane leak within the trailer caused an explosion and the employee suffered severe hand burns.

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