# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at JV MANUFACTURING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010059` · 1/4/2017 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JV MANUFACTURING, INC.
- **Location:** 701 Butterfield Coach Road, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72765
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was MIG welding the dog house of a self-contained compactor when a spark ignited and his shirt caught on fire. He sustained first and second degree burns to his upper torso and third degree burns to his back.

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