# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Clyde Melton Motors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065934` · 6/16/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** Clyde Melton Motors Inc.
- **Location:** 5723 Airline, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77076
- **NAICS:** 441120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working on a car sustained third degree burns to 50 percent of his body when a spark ignited the gas tank of the car he was working on.

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