# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Bureau of Land Management
> OSHA SIR `2025065913` · 6/21/2025 · CARSON CITY, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Forest fire or wildfire
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bureau of Land Management
- **Location:** Gardnerville, Nevada, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 89701
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was conducting fire suppression operations on a wildfire. He pulled a hose from the engine. He then charged the hose and began to put on his gloves. A flareup occurred and the employee sustained burns to his face and hands.

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