# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Starlink Construction Utilities, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021087020` · 8/18/2021 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Starlink Construction Utilities, LLC
- **Location:** USF, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33613
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing bentonite with a mixing machine. A small engine caught fire, and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns. He was hospitalized.

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