# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Vista Speciality Alloys, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021285` · 2/9/2020 · ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Vista Speciality Alloys, LLC
- **Location:** 800 Martin Luther King Dr, ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30103
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a cannon-type heater trying to warm himself. The employee's shirt ignited due to contact with the heater. The employee sustained second degree burns to the left front, side, and back torso, and the left thumb, fingers, and palm.

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