# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Matheny Motors
> OSHA SIR `2023043181` · 4/11/2023 · PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Matheny Motors
- **Location:** 315 Ann Street, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26102
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling into the gas tank of a vehicle that he was servicing when the sparks caused a fire. The employee sustained second-and-third-degree burns to their lower left arm and first-degree burns to the back of their neck.

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