# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at International Cushioning Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025021791` · 2/25/2025 · FREMONT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire  unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Flammable gas  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** International Cushioning Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2101 Cedar Street, FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading 1/16-inch polyethylene foam into an auger feed for recycling when a fire ignited at the feed from residual isobutane gas. The employee was hospitalized with first-, second-, and third-degree burns to their hands, head, and face. Flame-retardant personal protective equipment was not used.

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