# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at JF Acquisition, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053698` · 5/5/2021 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JF Acquisition, Inc.
- **Location:** 11680 SW 72nd Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33173
- **NAICS:** 211120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were removing fuel from an underground containment sump at a gas station. The fuel vapors flashed, burning two employees. One suffered first- and second-degree burns to the face and neck; the other suffered first- and second-degree burns to his arms.

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