# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at American Commercial Barge Line
> OSHA SIR `2016010363` · 1/14/2016 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** American Commercial Barge Line
- **Location:** 5800 River Road, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70123
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torch-cutting steel inside of a 75'-long by 18'-deep by 25'-wide barge, using oxygen/acetylene from a centrally located 75'-long gas-supplying line, when the employee suffered third degree burns from the waist to the neck.

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