# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109946` · 10/27/2023 · SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Natural gas
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc.
- **Location:** 151 Commerce Green Boulevard, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, 77478
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was relighting the pilot light in an oven when the gas ignited and caused second-degree burns to the employee's face, neck, and chest areas. The employee was hospitalized.

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