# Thermal burns  second degree at BWS Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025021527` · 2/16/2025 · BARSTOW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Petroleum and coal products  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BWS Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 31.537930, -103.451380, BARSTOW, TEXAS, 79719
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining a scrubber when fluids came out of a flare and ignited. The employee was hospitalized for first- and second-degree burns to his hands, elbow, and upper thighs.

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