# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Guardian Industries
> OSHA SIR `20241211095` · 12/2/2024 · CORSICANA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Guardian Industries
- **Location:** 3801 S. US Hwy. 287, CORSICANA, TEXAS, 75109
- **NAICS:** 327211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading sheets of glass onto a conveyor line for coating operations. The employee's clothing came in contact with a nearby portable heater and caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to their lower back.

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