# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Gunite Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018021119` · 2/2/2018 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **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:** Gunite Corporation
- **Location:** 302 Peoples Ave., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an oxygen lance to clean a cupola slag runner (a portion of a foundry furnace) when the oxygen line supplying the lance failed causing a flame to strike the employee and enter his glove. The employee sustained third degree burns to the back and palm of his right hand.

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