# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at CP Industries
> OSHA SIR `2024010140` · 1/6/2024 · MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Pressurized containers  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Grinders  handtool
## Employer
- **Name:** CP Industries
- **Location:** 2214 Walnut Street, MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15132
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding cylinders using an electric grinder. A spark from the sanding process ignited residual hydrogen gas inside a cylinder causing a flash explosion. The explosion caused the employee to be thrown from a ladder and sustain a head laceration and burns to the arms and legs.

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