# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Vitro Flat Glass, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019066052` · 6/15/2019 · COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Vitro Flat Glass, LLC
- **Location:** 5123 Victory Blvd., COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 16314
- **NAICS:** 327211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just completed replacing the oxygen block in a furnace port. As the employee was walking away, his left pant leg caught on fire. He attempted to extinguish the fire with his left hand, causing his shirt sleeve to catch on fire. He was hospitalized with second and third degree burns.

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