# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Refrigeration Design and Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025032903` · 3/27/2025 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** Refrigeration Design and Service Inc
- **Location:** 1741 Tomlinsons Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19116
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was braising a copper elbow on a refrigeration line as part of a repair. The copper line exploded and fire came out of the line. The employee sustained burns to their face and neck.

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