# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Clydesdale Hitch LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023086959` · 8/1/2023 · WHITEFISH, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Clydesdale Hitch LLC
- **Location:** 100 Outpost Dr., WHITEFISH, MONTANA, 59937
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were inside a food truck preparing it for the following day. As employee 1 went to ignite the pilot light, the food truck exploded, throwing employee 1 from the truck. Employee 1 sustained burns. Employee 2 was thrown into the sink area and crawled through flames to get out of the truck, sustaining third-degree burns to 30% of her body.

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