# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Tygart Steel
> OSHA SIR `20221210571` · 12/5/2022 · MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tygart Steel
- **Location:** 1 Douglass Street, MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15134
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding carbon steel parts. Sparks from the grinding went behind the employee's welding jacket and caught their shirt on fire. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the right side of their chest and stomach and required hospitalization.

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