# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton, LTD
> OSHA SIR `20181010622` · 10/15/2018 · BLUFFTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton, LTD
- **Location:** 505 East Jefferson, BLUFFTON, OHIO, 45817
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 15, 2018, an employee was welding a rack when the employee's clothing caught fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the chest, three right-hand fingers, and left arm.

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