# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at CMS West Subsidiary, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020032744` · 3/24/2020 · BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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:** Cardboard
## Employer
- **Name:** CMS West Subsidiary, LLC.
- **Location:** 858 New Castle Road, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16001
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was burning excess cardboard boxes when a gust of wind blew the flames toward him. His shirt caught fire and he suffered second degree burns.

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