# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021185` · 2/8/2022 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Walnut St., GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torch cutting when their clothing caught fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the left side of their abdomen.

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