# Thermal burns  second degree at US Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2025065750` · 6/17/2025 · SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Forest fire or wildfire
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** US Forest Service
- **Location:** 3005 East Camino del Bosque, SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO, 88061
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee working as a contracted firefighter was using a bulldozer to push back an active fire line when they became entrapped in flames, resulting in first- and second-degree burns.

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