# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Progress Rail Services
> OSHA SIR `2021021134` · 2/8/2021 · BRIDGEPORT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **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:** Progress Rail Services
- **Location:** 9516 Rd 98, BRIDGEPORT, NEBRASKA, 69336
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a cut on the metal of a rail car using an air arcing cutting torch. The employee's clothing was ignited, resulting in second-degree burns with a small patch of third-degree burns to the right side of his back and neck.

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