# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Ingram Barge Company
> OSHA SIR `2015020223` · 2/12/2015 · COLUMBUS, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingram Barge Company
- **Location:** 78 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, RIVERMARK 936.5, COLUMBUS, KENTUCKY, 42032
- **NAICS:** 488330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On or about 2/12/2015, an employee working for Ingram Barge Company at 78 Riverside Drive in Columbus, Kentucky, was hospitalized for burns to his left side, from his armpit to his waist.  The burns resulted when a spark from welding underneath a barge on the dry dock went under his leather welding jacket and caught his shirt on fire.

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