# Thermal burns  second degree at AmSpec
> OSHA SIR `2025010406` · 1/13/2025 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Methane  except sewer gas
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** AmSpec
- **Location:** 3800 Texas 225, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77503
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was venting a liquefied natural gas cylinder. Static electricity from a plastic garbage bag on the ground ignited the gas, causing a flash fire. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the hands and face.

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