# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at K Post Company
> OSHA SIR `2025043555` · 4/16/2025 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Air compressors
- **Secondary source:** Petroleum-based fuels
## Employer
- **Name:** K Post Company
- **Location:** 6700 Las Colinas Blvd, IRVING, TEXAS, 75039
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was refueling a gas-powered mobile air compressor when it caught on fire. The employee caught on fire from the fireball and suffered third-degree burns to the left arm and lesser burns to the right arm.

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