# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Affiliated Fuel System, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025043643` · 4/18/2025 · CONLEY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Solvents and degreasers  except naphtha based
- **Secondary source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Affiliated Fuel System, Inc
- **Location:** 3939 Moreland Ave, CONLEY, GEORGIA, 30288
- **NAICS:** 811118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 18, 2025, an employee was cutting the lid off an empty 55-gallon drum using a plasma cutter. The drum originally contained a flammable liquid and residual liquid inside the drum ignited and exploded. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face, chest, and arms.

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