# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Empire City Iron Works
> OSHA SIR `2025010737` · 1/23/2025 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire City Iron Works
- **Location:** 1 Liberty Plaza, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10006
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a steel plate when a spark set his glove on fire and burned the back of his left hand. He suffered second- and third-degree burns and was hospitalized.

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