# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at DCC Propane LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025032179` · 3/7/2025 · MOUNDS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Propane
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** DCC Propane LLC
- **Location:** 1381 Lufkin Road, MOUNDS, ILLINOIS, 62964
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 7, 2025, at 11:24 a.m., an employee was in a customer's basement working to light a water heater using an electric starter on the appliance. The employee pushed the ignitor when an explosion occurred, resulting in first- and second-degree burns on the face and neck as well as second- and third-degree burns on both hands.

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