# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at DB Energy LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109090` · 10/2/2023 · RATLIFF CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** DB Energy LLC
- **Location:** 4446 Pelton rd, RATLIFF CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73481
- **NAICS:** 211120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hand tightening bolts at the manway of a vertical tank at an oil and gas site. The employee hooked up the plumbing and hatch to the tank. They had begun to install a rubber seal around the hatch when a flash fire occurred. The employee sustained a burn to the face and third degree burns to the left arm requiring hospitalization.

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