# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at J Bass & Son
> OSHA SIR `2024109255` · 10/3/2024 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## 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:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** J Bass & Son
- **Location:** 21 St. James Place, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch to dismantle a boiler in the basement when the torch slipped out of his hand and swung in the opposite direction, catching his shirt on fire. The employee sustained a burn to his right arm and the right side of his stomach.

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