# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Parker-LORD Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022075878` · 7/6/2022 · SAEGERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Xylene
- **Secondary source:** Silica
## Employer
- **Name:** Parker-LORD Corporation
- **Location:** 601 South Street, SAEGERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16433
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading xylene and fumed silica powder into a vessel when the vapor ignited, causing a flashback fire. The employee was burned on his face and both hands. He was hospitalized.

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