# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Freehold Cartage Inc
> OSHA SIR `20231211727` · 12/29/2023 · BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Freehold Cartage Inc
- **Location:** Tradebe Environmental Services, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, 06610
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in the cab of the truck while waste oxidizer was being offloaded. The waste reacted with the receiving tank and an explosion occurred in the tank. Fire traveled through the hose to the tanker truck, causing it to explode. The employee jumped from the burning truck and was hospitalized with burns to his face, chest, and arms.

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