# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Birchcrest Tree and Landscape, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085714` · 8/12/2015 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, 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:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Birchcrest Tree and Landscape, Inc.
- **Location:** 98 Holly Ridge Circle, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14625
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was trimming tree limbs away from power lines. An employee got too close to the power lines and the current arced from the wire onto the employee whose shirt caught fire and burned his back.

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