# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Woody True Value
> OSHA SIR `2025077272` · 7/25/2025 · SUBLETTE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Flammable gas  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** Woody True Value
- **Location:** 1802 Sublette Rd, SUBLETTE, ILLINOIS, 61367
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch to burn off liquid petroleum gas from old 100-pound cylinders so they could be recycled. When he went to move a tank, some gas spilled onto the ground, then ignited in a flash that engulfed him. He was burned on the face, hands, and back and was hospitalized.

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