# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010143` · 1/5/2018 · BLASDELL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 250 Lake Avenue, BLASDELL, NEW YORK, 14219
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to warm up near a stand-up propane heater when his buttocks and the back of his thighs contacted the heater housing. The interior flame then ignited his denim jeans, causing burns to his lower body.

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