# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Tidewater Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2015063665` · 6/14/2015 · BUNNELL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tidewater Equipment Company
- **Location:** off of Tower Rd near Hwy 40 at a timber land, BUNNELL, FLORIDA, 32110
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just started to weld on a broken Tigercat's knife when it immediately flashed, causing a fire. The employee received third degree burns from his waist down. Before welding, the employee poured water around his work location to prevent a forest fire.

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