# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Bureau of Prison
> OSHA SIR `2017077232` · 7/31/2017 · OAKDALE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Bureau of Prison
- **Location:** 1507 East Whatley Road, OAKDALE, LOUISIANA, 71463
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing land and piling up debris to burn. As the employee was about to use diesel and a lighting touch to light up the pile of debris, he was exposed to fire and sustained burns to his arms, face, and the top of his back.

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