# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Kugler Oil Company
> OSHA SIR `2023076351` · 7/17/2023 · CULBERTSON, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Flammable gas, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kugler Oil Company
- **Location:** 71748 Railroad Ave, CULBERTSON, NEBRASKA, 69024
- **NAICS:** 325311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-lighting a sulfur burner while another employee increased the pressure on the gas valve. A gas explosion occurred. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to their arm, hand, chest, abdomen, and neck.

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