# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Code 4 Catering LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025087868` · 8/9/2025 · ZACHARY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Cooking and food-warming machinery  except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** Code 4 Catering LLC
- **Location:** 20055 Old Scenic Highway, ZACHARY, LOUISIANA, 70791
- **NAICS:** 722320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working in the kitchen area of a food trailer. There was a sudden burst of fire in the kitchen, and both employees were engulfed by deflagration of gas which oriented from a propane-powered griddle. They suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns to their head, face, arms, and legs.

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