# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at U.S. SUGAR CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2015118480` · 11/10/2015 · CLEWISTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- **Secondary source:** Fire, flame
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. SUGAR CORP.
- **Location:** Rogers Road, CLEWISTON, FLORIDA, 33440
- **NAICS:** 311312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been burning sugar cane. An ember blew into the bed of the employee's pick-up truck and ignited a safety gas can. The employee's left leg was burned.

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