# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at CST Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010923` · 1/31/2022 · PARSONS, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** CST Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2101 S 21st St., PARSONS, KANSAS, 67357
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding on metal when sparks from the grinder caught their shirt on fire, resulting in burns on the right side of the employee's upper torso.

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