# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Mobile Modular Portable Storage
> OSHA SIR `20201010088` · 10/23/2020 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Mobile Modular Portable Storage
- **Location:** 5657 West Skelly Dr, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74107
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting a container using an airless sprayer. The employee cleaned the sprayer with a paint thinner and thinner spilled onto their clothing. The employee then used a propane torch and their clothing caught on fire. The employee sustained third degree burns.

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