# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Whitewater Services Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010291` · 1/11/2024 · CLEVES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitewater Services Company
- **Location:** 4250 Hooven Road, CLEVES, OHIO, 45002
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stick welding on an excavator bucket that was being repaired when their shirt caught on fire, resulting in third-degree burns to their left armpit, inner arm, and ribcage.

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