# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Wade Electric Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022020999` · 2/2/2022 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Wade Electric Inc.
- **Location:** 11 Penn Plaza, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10001
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coiling conduit wires into an energized electrical pull box. A terminal block inside the pull box arc flashed and the employee's shirt caught on fire. He suffered burns to his hands, left arm, and neck.

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