# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at SSM Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024010556` · 1/18/2024 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** SSM Industries Inc
- **Location:** 3151 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19104
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was warming up around a portable heater when his coveralls caught on fire. The employee sustained burns to right hand, buttocks, and lower back.

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