# First degree heat (thermal) burns at Scott Air Condition
> OSHA SIR `2021064479` · 6/2/2021 · PORTLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** First degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Scott Air Condition
- **Location:** 2800 Kay Bailey Hutchinson, PORTLAND, TEXAS, 78374
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing an air compressor. The employee was heating the tubing with a torch when the oil residue from the tube flashed and contacted the employee's face area. The employee's face cover caught fire, and the employee suffered first-degree burns to the face and chest. The employee was hospitalized.

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