# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at BOSWORTH STEEL ERECTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016010915` · 1/29/2016 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** BOSWORTH STEEL ERECTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 2080 North Central Expressway, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was hospitalized after burning his legs while welding structural steel. Hot slag caught the acetylene tank on fire.

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