# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Sidney Sugars, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017042991` · 4/3/2017 · SIDNEY, MONTANA
## 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, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Sidney Sugars, Inc.
- **Location:** 35140 County Road 125, SIDNEY, MONTANA, 59270
- **NAICS:** 311311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a 45 degree elbow on a 10 inch pipe with an oxyacetylene torch while working on an elevated platform about four feet above the ground. A hot metal flash back occurred and the employee received second degree burns from his chest to the waist and third degree burns on the lower left side of his abdomen. The employee was wearing a harness and PPE at the time of the incident.

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