# Thermal burns  second degree at Linetec Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065473` · 6/20/2024 · RICHARDS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Lubricating fluids
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Linetec Services, LLC
- **Location:** 12557 FM 149, RICHARDS, TEXAS, 77873
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck putting wires together. A jumper came loose from its insulation and touched a piece of metal on the backside of the bucket. As the employee was going to install another jumper, it contacted his tie-off point and energized it. A hydraulic hose was damaged and hydraulic oil misted out and caught on fire. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns on parts of his upper back and torso.

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