# Thermal burns  second degree at Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054515` · 5/13/2025 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
- **Location:** 30 N. Magnolia Rd., TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing brazing work on a copper line, part of a commercial refrigeration unit that was charged with propane. A blockage in one of the tubes resulted in a flame blowback. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the left side of the face and neck area. They were hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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