# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at EVRAZ ROCKY MOUNTAIN STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2020010408` · 1/14/2020 · PUEBLO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** EVRAZ ROCKY MOUNTAIN STEEL
- **Location:** 1612 E. ABRIENDO AVE., PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81004
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning parts in a solvent tank when solvent spilled on the employee's clothing. The employee walked by a furnace and the solvent on their clothing caught on fire resulting in burns to the entire lower half of his body.

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