# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at USA DeBusk LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098063` · 9/12/2022 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** USA DeBusk LLC
- **Location:** 4101 Highway 108 South, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were outside a drum, vacuuming out leftover desiccant through a 6-inch window. A flash fire occurred and the employees sustained first and second-degree burns to the face, abdomen, arms, chest, fingers, and wrists from ethylene, propylene, and hydrogen. Both employees were hospitalized.

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