# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Mississippi Lime Company
> OSHA SIR `2019032430` · 3/6/2019 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Mississippi Lime Company
- **Location:** 1715 Haining Rd, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39183
- **NAICS:** 327410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a truck bay, servicing 18-wheeler trucks. A propane heater ignited an oil rag on his clothes, causing third-degree burns on his front and back. He was hospitalized.

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