# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054842` · 5/13/2019 · WILLS POINT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 20975 US Hwy 80 East, WILLS POINT, TEXAS, 75169
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was electric welding a goose neck trailer when the employee's shirt caught on fire from welding slag, causing second degree burns to the employee's torso and left arm.

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