# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at MHC KENWORTH
> OSHA SIR `2024032695` · 3/26/2024 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** MHC KENWORTH
- **Location:** 1524 N Corrington Ave, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64120
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a truck. He had a small amount of flammable brake cleaner on his arm, and when he was lighting his handheld torch, the flame ignited the brake cleaner. He was hospitalized with burns to his forearms and hands.

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