# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Mega MS LTD
> OSHA SIR `2017043123` · 4/6/2017 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Mega MS LTD
- **Location:** 6414 S Eastern Ave, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73149
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torch-cutting metal when the resulting sparks and slag caught his cotton coveralls on fire. He suffered burns to the back of his legs. Fire-retardant clothing was not worn at the time.

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