# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112234` · 11/26/2019 · BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
- **Secondary source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 550 Sunnyside Road, BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15522
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was branding a tire. A piece of rubber came away from the tire and remained on the branding iron. When the employee flung the burning piece of rubber onto the floor, it caught rags on the floor on fire and the employee suffered burns to the left lower leg.

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