# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at GERDAU AMERISTEEL
> OSHA SIR `20171212151` · 12/22/2017 · SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** GERDAU AMERISTEEL
- **Location:** NORTH CROSSMAN RD, SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 08871
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand torch when it burned the employee's chest and stomach.

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