# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Stone Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032307` · 3/8/2018 · CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, 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:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stone Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Carlisle R & D Center, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17013
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding tube steel above his head when a spark entered his coat and caught it on fire. He received second and third degree burns to his left arm from his elbow to his fingers.

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