# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Tamarack Energy Partnership
> OSHA SIR `2022032375` · 3/16/2022 · NEW MEADOWS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Tamarack Energy Partnership
- **Location:** 3555 Hwy 95 S, NEW MEADOWS, IDAHO, 83654
- **NAICS:** 562213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 5:30 p.m. on March 16, 2022, an employee was trying to light the fire in a boiler. He threw diesel into the boiler's fire box through a small door on the front of the boiler, but the air pressure in the boiler caused the diesel to come back and set his shirt on fire. He suffered first- and second-degree burns.

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