# Thermal burns  second degree at Stella-Jones
> OSHA SIR `2024087224` · 8/7/2024 · SCOOBA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Petroleum-based fuels
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery, appliances  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stella-Jones
- **Location:** 13539 Hway 45, SCOOBA, MISSISSIPPI, 39358
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-lighting a fire in a wood waste boiler using diesel fuel when the diesel flashed and caused second-degree burns to their hands.

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