# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Foley Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2015108173` · 10/30/2015 · CONCORDIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Foley Equipment Company
- **Location:** 1805 Lincoln St, CONCORDIA, KANSAS, 66901
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutting torch to cut hooks from the bucket of a front end loader. Slag inadvertently fell onto his left pants leg catching his pants leg on fire. The employee was burned on his shin and hospitalized.

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