# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Rugby Farmers Elevator
> OSHA SIR `2023076674` · 7/25/2023 · RUGBY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** Rugby Farmers Elevator
- **Location:** 201 Dewey Street East, RUGBY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58368
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending over to ignite the lines of a propane system when the propane lines flared causing a flash fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the head, arms, and hands.

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