# Burns and toxic effects (including smoke inhalation) at Wiregrass Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024053828` · 5/2/2024 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and toxic effects (including smoke inhalation)
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Heavy earth-moving machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Multiple engine and mechanical parts, whole engine
## Employer
- **Name:** Wiregrass Construction
- **Location:** 6150 Stringfield Road Northwest, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35810
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tractor when the engine overheated and caught fire. The employee sustained burns and smoke inhalation.

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