# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Peoples Natural Gas
> OSHA SIR `2021076142` · 7/26/2021 · TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** House, townhouse, rowhouse
- **Secondary source:** Natural gas
## Employer
- **Name:** Peoples Natural Gas
- **Location:** 1306 Pennsylvania Avenue, TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16686
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/26/2021 at 1:08 p.m., an employee entered a customer's residence to investigate a natural gas odor. The house exploded and the employee sustained burns to their hands, arms, chest, and face that required hospitalization.

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