# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Atkinson Distributing Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024098464` · 9/11/2024 · WEIPPE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats  except confined space
- **Secondary source:** Petroleum-based fuels
## Employer
- **Name:** Atkinson Distributing Inc
- **Location:** 3671 Highway 11, WEIPPE, IDAHO, 83553
- **NAICS:** 424720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During fuel delivery to bulk storage tanks from a tanker truck, fuel vapors met with an ignition source, causing the service station attached to the diked tank area to explode and set all seven fuel storage tanks in the diked area on fire. One tank over pressurized from the fire and exploded, propelling the tank into the next property. The two employees on site received severe burns to their face and body from the explosion and were hospitalized.

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