# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at MPW Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077540` · 7/31/2025 · CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Petroleum-based fuels
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MPW Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 State Street, CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15025
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fueling a gasoline-powered pressure washer with a safety fuel can. During the transfer the fuel ignited, causing a fire. The employee sustained burns to his nose, and his right hand and forearm.

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