# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at QFC Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2015129580` · 12/18/2015 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Alcohols, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** QFC Plastics
- **Location:** 4304 Larry Ln., ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76017
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a plastic mold with alcohol. He pulled a lighter from his pocket to melt some of the plastic from the mold.  When he struck the lighter, his hand caught on fire.  The employee tried to put out the flames on his pants and caught them on fire. The employee was hospitalized with first and second degree burns to his stomach, leg, left hand and nose.

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