# Thermal burns  second degree at Meggitt (Rockmart), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032078` · 3/6/2024 · ROCKMART, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire  small-scale, limited
- **Source:** Petroleum-based fuels
- **Secondary source:** Drills, braces, drivers
## Employer
- **Name:** Meggitt (Rockmart), Inc.
- **Location:** 669 Goodyear Street, ROCKMART, GEORGIA, 30153
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 6, 2024, an employee was using a brush motor battery-operated drill to remove the fitting plate from inside a fuel cell using test fuel. The friction from the drill motor sparked the test fuel fumes causing a small fire that resulted in first and second degree burns to their right arm and face.

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