# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Basin Engineering
> OSHA SIR `2022075820` · 7/5/2022 · ORLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Basin Engineering
- **Location:** GPS Coordinates: (31.7381640, -103.8665750), ORLA, TEXAS, 79770
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Combustible gas had been vented from a combustor so that its pilot assembly could be safely relit. When an employee relit the pilot light, some remaining gas ignited, and the resulting flash fire burned his left hand and right forearm.

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