# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at McGinnis, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065208` · 6/12/2024 · SOUTH POINT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McGinnis, Inc.
- **Location:** 740 County Road 1, SOUTH POINT, OHIO, 45680
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch to patch the bottom of a birch when their shift caught on fire. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns on the chest and fingertips and was hospitalized.

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