# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Brazos Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2023010944` · 1/30/2023 · RIO VISTA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Brazos Manufacturing
- **Location:** 7173 County Road 1205, RIO VISTA, TEXAS, 76093
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a portable electric heater. The lower right leg of the employee's coveralls caught fire due to the presence of a flammable substance on the coveralls and reignited twice during efforts to put it out. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the lower right leg.

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