# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Best Equipment Technologist
> OSHA SIR `2022053845` · 5/4/2022 · POPLARVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Equipment Technologist
- **Location:** 100 Industrial Drive, POPLARVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39470
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lying on a roll-around creeper, welding overhead on a sponson tank. A weld fell onto his abdomen. It set his fire-resistant welding shirt on fire, and air from his portable air conditioning unit caused the fire to accelerate. It spread quickly over his clothes and body, burning his chest, arms, abdomen, upper thighs, and back.

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