# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Stein, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099740` · 9/20/2018 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Stein, Inc.
- **Location:** 3018 Oxford State Road, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 20, 2018, an employee was cutting scrap metal with a cutting torch when the employee cut into a metal cylinder that had hydraulic fluid inside it. The torch ignited the fluid, and the employee received burns above both calves and below the waist, requiring hospitalization.

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