# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Reynolds Iron Works Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181212544` · 12/6/2018 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Reynolds Iron Works Inc
- **Location:** 157 Palmer Industrial Rd, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just welded a clip onto the side of a tube column and then started to weld a second clip. The employee leaned back against the hot clip that had just been completed, and the employee's shirt caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the back.

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