# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Atlanta Gas Light
> OSHA SIR `20201211887` · 12/21/2020 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Residential building, except institutionalized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlanta Gas Light
- **Location:** 10 Peachtree Place Northeast, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30309
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring natural gas levels in the vicinity of suspected damage to a natural gas line. An adjacent apartment building exploded and caught fire, and the employee suffered burns to the side of his face and his left hand. He was hospitalized.

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