# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Larin Automotive LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043772` · 4/23/2025 · NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ears and facial region  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Larin Automotive LLC
- **Location:** 900 Pleasant Street, NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02062
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking pictures of automotive wheels for sale. To get the numbers off the back off the wheel, he used brake cleaner to clean the wheel. The brake cleaner ignited while he was wiping and/or using a wire brush tool. He sustained burns to the face and was hospitalized.

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