# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Summers Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010803` · 1/27/2022 · DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **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, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Summers Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 103 Summer Street Northwest, DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58301
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a part when his outermost shirt caught fire. He removed the shirt, but his other shirts were also burning. The employee sustained burns to his back.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*