# Thermal burns  second degree at The Williams Companies
> OSHA SIR `2025088268` · 8/19/2025 · SUMMERFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire  small-scale, limited
- **Source:** Flammable solids  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Petroleum-based fuels
## Employer
- **Name:** The Williams Companies
- **Location:** S Main St, SUMMERFIELD, OHIO, 43788
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting used filter media (containing pyrophoric iron sulfide) from an inlet gas separator in the bed of a truck. The material ignited. While the employee was removing items from the truck bed, a gas can was exposed to the fire and off-gassing vapors ignited. The employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to both arms, the chest, the neck, and the right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

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