# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Greens Bayou Foundry
> OSHA SIR `2018010039` · 1/2/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Suits, coats, jackets
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Greens Bayou Foundry
- **Location:** 929 Normandy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was eating lunch while sitting near a space heater. The heater then ignited his jacket, causing second and third degree burns to his back and hands.

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