# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at KLE Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2021075750` · 7/14/2021 · AKRON, OHIO
## 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:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** KLE Construction Company
- **Location:** 2460 Akron Peninsula Road, AKRON, OHIO, 44319
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cut-off saw to cut rebar when sparks from the saw caught the employee's clothes on fire. The employee sustained burns to the left side of his body.

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