# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Carson Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109134` · 10/3/2023 · SHINER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Carson Services, LLC
- **Location:** 29.25237, -97.09238, SHINER, TEXAS, 77984
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At a remote location, the injured employee was running a pig through the pipeline when the pig became stuck. As the employee was venting gas to the atmosphere to free the pig, a spark ignited the gas vapors, causing the employee to sustain second-degree burns to their face and left elbow.

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