# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Abe's Trash Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076442` · 7/12/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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 and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Abe's Trash Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 8123 Christensen Ln, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68122
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding when his shirt caught on fire and he suffered burns.

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