# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ILLINOIS MARINE TOWING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021054301` · 5/26/2021 · LEMONT, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** ILLINOIS MARINE TOWING, INC.
- **Location:** 16600 Des Plains Towing Shipyard, LEMONT, ILLINOIS, 60439
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding steel on a tank barge for hull repair. Sparks flew into the employee's shirt, which caught fire and burned the employee's stomach and hands.

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