# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Emerald Coast Truss LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021723` · 2/22/2017 · MILTON, 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:** Alcohols, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Emerald Coast Truss LLC
- **Location:** 5817 Commerce Road, MILTON, FLORIDA, 32583
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a burn barrel fire outside the floor truss building and received third degree burns from his thighs to his stomach, second degree burns to his chest and first degree burns on his neck when hot denatured alcohol was added to the fire and spattered onto the employee.

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