# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Texas Home Health Hospice-Austin, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2021098073` · 9/20/2021 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Home Health Hospice-Austin, LLC.
- **Location:** 10220 Shinnecock Hills Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78747
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A nurse was visiting a patient's home to change out the regulator on the patient's oxygen tank. Oxygen from the tank ignited causing third degree burns to the employee's hands.

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