# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Racetrac, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098892` · 9/23/2024 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Petroleum-based fuels
- **Secondary source:** Pressure washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Racetrac, Inc.
- **Location:** 2009 Mayport Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32233
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure washing the parking lot. He walked over to fuel station #3 and began fueling the plastic container with 87 octane gasoline. The container overflowed and caught on fire, burning the employee. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his torso, both arms and both legs.

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