# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Keller North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109617` · 10/16/2024 · LANSING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Keller North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 17805 Volbrecht Road, LANSING, ILLINOIS, 60438
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 16, 2024, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a welder bent over to pick up a pair of gloves when a propane heater ignited the employee's clothing, causing third-degree burns to the back of the employee's right leg and knee.

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