# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Omega Protein
> OSHA SIR `2017010829` · 1/26/2017 · MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Omega Protein
- **Location:** 5735 Elder Ferry Road, MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI, 39563
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding on a stainless foundation and received first to second degree burns under the right arm pit and shoulder area when his shirt caught fire.

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