# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017065679` · 6/21/2017 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC.
- **Location:** 3060 Eggers Ave, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lighting an oxy-propane torch when a leak allowed a flame to propagate up the employee's arms, burning them.

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