# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Rocky Mountain Bottle Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032087` · 3/7/2023 · WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocky Mountain Bottle Company LLC
- **Location:** 10619 W 50th Ave, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, 80033
- **NAICS:** 327213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lubricating a forming machine when hot bottles fell off the machine. A bottle contacted the employee's left leg and ignited their flame retardant pants. The employee's left leg was burned from the thigh to just below the knee.

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