# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Virco Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016010811` · 1/28/2016 · CONWAY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Virco Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 1265 Bruce Street, CONWAY, ARKANSAS, 72034
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized after his shirt caught fire while welding. The employee suffered burns to the torso, left axilla, right forearm and right hand.

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