# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at LOC International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010983` · 1/30/2025 · BIG LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Methane  except sewer gas
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** LOC International LLC
- **Location:** 311950.4 N, 10111242.8W, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were connecting pigging stations into an existing line. They were also repairing pipe and laying new pipe. A welder and an assistant were going to flash the pipe with oxygen and acetylene to burn the gases inside the pipe. A flash fire occurred and one of the employees suffered burns on his face, back, and leg and was hospitalized.

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