# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Terrywille Park Authority
> OSHA SIR `2015086258` · 8/31/2015 · DANBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
## Employer
- **Name:** Terrywille Park Authority
- **Location:** 70 Southern Blvd, DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06810
- **NAICS:** 712190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just spilled gasoline on himself while fueling a chainsaw. A coworker was smoking nearby and caused the injured employee's pants to catch on fire. The employee was burned and required hospitalization.

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