# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at ESCO Marine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010858` · 1/27/2015 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** ESCO Marine, Inc.
- **Location:** 16200 Joe Garza Sr. Road, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was in yard #1 cutting metal with a 6 ft. cutting torch when sparks from the torch ignited his shirt. He sustained second degree burns to the upper right side of his torso, arm, chest, and a portion of his abdomen.

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