# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Verdun Management Co LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241110847` · 11/21/2024 · COTULLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Separating and conversion  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Verdun Management Co LLC
- **Location:** Separator tank, Maltverger Ranch, FM 469, private road 12 miles East of I 35 N La Salle County, COTULLA, TEXAS, 78014
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the valve of a separator tank to drain the tank when a flash fire occurred and burned the employee's hands, face, and head. The employee was wearing fire-resistant clothing at the time of the incident.

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