# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at PPG
> OSHA SIR `2019087951` · 8/3/2019 · SPRINGDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PPG
- **Location:** 125 Coalfax Street, SPRINGDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15144
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was filling a drum/tote on the production floor, an e-cigarette that was in his pocket caught on fire. The employee sustained burns.

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