# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at DASSAULT FALCON JET CORP
> OSHA SIR `2025087617` · 8/2/2025 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire  small-scale, limited
- **Source:** Methyl ethyl ketone
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DASSAULT FALCON JET CORP
- **Location:** 3801 E 10th St, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72202
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 2, 2025, at 4:59 PM, a contract painter was painting an aircraft using an electrostatic paint gun in the paint booth hangar. He was placing the gun into a container of methyl ethyl ketone to clean when the solvent ignited. The employee was hospitalized with third-degree burns to his arms and legs.

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