# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Gevena College
> OSHA SIR `2024098151` · 9/3/2024 · BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Ethanol, methanol, monohydric alcohols
- **Secondary source:** Heat guns
## Employer
- **Name:** Gevena College
- **Location:** 3200 COLLEGE AVENUE, BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15010
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 2, 2024, at about 5:10 PM, an employee was warming an ethanol solution in a glass container with a heat gun. The glass container broke and the ethanol ignited, resulting in second-degree burns to the employee's torso and third-degree burns to his right hand and arm that required surgery.

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