# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at PCS Oilfield Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201111259` · 11/6/2020 · MIAMI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PCS Oilfield Service, LLC
- **Location:** Boone 9-3H Oil Well, MIAMI, TEXAS, 79059
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After cleaning a heater treater and flushing it with water, employees were preparing to conduct pinhole welding when a flash fire occurred. An employee suffered burns to both arms, from the elbows to the hands.

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