# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Progress Rail
> OSHA SIR `2018010997` · 1/30/2018 · WASKOM, TEXAS
## 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:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Progress Rail
- **Location:** 830 East Texas Ave., WASKOM, TEXAS, 75692
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an oxy/fuel gas cutting torch to dismantle a railcar when a small pinhole developed in the oxygen line near where the hoses meet the torch, causing a leak. Oxygen then migrated up the employee's sleeve inside his protective leather-cutting jacket and ignited. He received second and third degree burns on his right shoulder, armpit, and upper chest.

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