# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Shelby Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088527` · 8/19/2019 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Shelby Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** I-4 Ultimate Project, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32801
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a pier column and needed to cut a piece of rebar with a gas-powered saw. When the employee started the saw to cut the rebar, it exploded and his pant leg caught on fire, burning the back of his left leg.

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