# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Stewart Industrial Maintenance, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032045` · 3/5/2017 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** Stewart Industrial Maintenance, Inc.
- **Location:** 2050 Pope Road, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18104
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting the bolt heads off carrier flights of conveyor chain when the oxygen hose on the torch unit sprung a leak and the oxygen ignited. The employee's shirt caught on fire and the employee was burned on the left side of his chest.

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