# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Southern Parallel Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2018010909` · 1/27/2018 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Parallel Forest Products
- **Location:** 660 Industrial Blvd, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's lower shirt sleeve ignited while he was lighting a cigarette in the designated smoking area. He suffered second degree burns to his lower arm.

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