# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Excel Heating Services Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2022119680` · 11/3/2022 · SCARSDALE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipe fittings, collars
## Employer
- **Name:** Excel Heating Services Corp.
- **Location:** 330   356 Central Park Avenue, SCARSDALE, NEW YORK, 10583
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a steel pipe oil line with an air tank. The oil line fitting ruptured, causing the employee to sustain a laceration to the left forearm and right side of head. The fitting then sparked and created a flash fire. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and second-degree burns to both arms.

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