# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Flint Ag & Turf
> OSHA SIR `20231211541` · 12/20/2023 · CORDELE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Buttock(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Flint Ag & Turf
- **Location:** 412 N 7th Street, CORDELE, GEORGIA, 31015
- **NAICS:** 811411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a small propane heater when they sustained third-degree burns to the left buttock and second-degree burns to the back and neck.

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