# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Tensaw Land & Timber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109685` · 10/19/2023 · WAGARVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Tensaw Land & Timber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 850 Frank Boykin Drive, WAGARVILLE, ALABAMA, 36585
- **NAICS:** 114210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fueling a tractor with diesel when there was an explosion and a fire started. The employee sustained third-degree burns to 32% of his body, chest, and arms.

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