# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Alabama Catfish, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065586` · 6/23/2024 · INVERNESS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Oxygen tanks and cylinders
- **Secondary source:** Oxygen  elemental
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Catfish, Inc.
- **Location:** 83 Goldkist Ln., INVERNESS, MISSISSIPPI, 38753
- **NAICS:** 311710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to change out oxygen bottles that supply the fish tanks. As the employee removed the regulator from an empty oxygen bottle, it exploded. The spark/flame ignited his shirt which caused burns to the right side of his torso and right arm.

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