# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Valley Joist, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111786` · 11/12/2019 · FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Joist, LLC
- **Location:** 3019 Gault Ave, FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA, 35967
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an arc gouger with compressed air when his fire resistant shirt caught a hot spot. The hot spot was put out but rekindled, resulting in a burn on the employee's left tricep. The employee was hospitalized.

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