# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Engie Generation North America LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211158` · 12/6/2023 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Engie Generation North America LLC
- **Location:** Central Utility Plant, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20057
- **NAICS:** 486910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a boiler for curtailment (switching boiler from natural gas to a liquid fuel source). The employee had just removed the plug at the end of the boiler in preparation for the atomizing fuel oil gun to be inserted. When the plug was removed a flame event occurred engulfing the employee's face, neck, chest, and arms. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face, arms, and hands.

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