# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Delta Sonic
> OSHA SIR `2018010491` · 1/16/2018 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Aromatics and hydrocarbon derivatives, except halogenated, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Delta Sonic
- **Location:** 1660 Penfield Road, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14625
- **NAICS:** 811192
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding metal adjacent to a plasma torch cutter. Sparks from the grinder ignited acetylene gas from the plasma cutter. The employee suffered second or third degree burns to his neck and chest.

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