# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Alcoa Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010767` · 1/26/2016 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcoa Inc.
- **Location:** 1480 Manheim Pike, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 331315
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about January 26, 2016, at 2:45 a.m., an employee was practicing cutting a 3/4-inch steel plate on a cutting table with an oxygen propane torch when his 100-percent cotton work shirt caught on fire, causing second degree burns over 12 percent of his chest and stomach.  He was hospitalized.

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