# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Halme, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119916` · 11/15/2021 · LAKE NORDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Shrubs, grasses
- **Secondary source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** Halme, Inc.
- **Location:** 45335 Highway 28, LAKE NORDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57248
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were burning yard debris (brush/shrubbery) in an open pit. Fumes from gasoline (used as an accelerant) ignited and exploded. One employee suffered first-degree burns to the face and second-degree burns to his hands. Another suffered second-degree burns to his face and third-degree burns to the hands.

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