# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Good Year Tire and Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2023076615` · 7/24/2023 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Good Year Tire and Rubber Company
- **Location:** 11357 I10 SW @ Smith Rd., BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77720
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a charge nozzle on a reactor when a flash fire occurred. The employee sustained second-degree burns to his nose, cheeks, left ear, and wrist.

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