# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Fraser Shipyards, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021163` · 2/6/2017 · DULUTH, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Fraser Shipyards, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 Port Terminal Drive, DULUTH, MINNESOTA, 55807
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On February 6, 2017, an employee was using an oxygen/acetylene torch to remove existing welds between plate steel when a spark ignited his insulated bibs. He suffered burns on the upper thighs of both legs, requiring hospitalization.

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