# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Western Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2019010100` · 1/3/2019 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Recycling
- **Location:** 1990 South Cole, BOISE, IDAHO, 83709
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a propane heater when his clothes caught on fire, burning his lower legs.

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