# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at American Civil Constructors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016054641` · 5/26/2016 · DRAKE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Aromatics and hydrocarbon derivatives, except halogenated, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Civil Constructors, LLC
- **Location:** County Road 43 Flood Recovery Project, DRAKE, COLORADO, 80515
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the engine of an excavator with starting fluid when an arc sparked and triggered a fire on his sleeve. He was hospitalized with burn injuries.

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