# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at BrightView Landscape Services
> OSHA SIR `2018055297` · 5/31/2018 · LOUISVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** BrightView Landscape Services
- **Location:** Sierra Nevada Corporation, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, 80027
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 52" mower to mow native grasses. He heard a popping sound and the mower caught fire, spreading to his clothing and causing burns to his skin.

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