# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Industrial Ironworks dba Adams Fertilizer Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2021020880` · 2/1/2021 · DEWITT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Suits, coats, jackets
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Ironworks dba Adams Fertilizer Equipment
- **Location:** 1503 South Whitehead Drive, DEWITT, ARKANSAS, 72042
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building frames and welding metal square tubing. The employee had just completed welding one side of a frame and turned to re-position to do the other side. He leaned onto the hot metal and the back of his jacket caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his back, an arm, and the right side of his chest.

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