# First degree heat (thermal) burns at Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010322` · 1/11/2017 · DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** First degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics LLC
- **Location:** 2700 Esters Blvd, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 333922
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding on stainless steel when his welding rod caused a first degree burn to his left hand.

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