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Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
1 hospitalization · 2019044308 · 4/29/2019 · AMERICAN ALLOY STEEL
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Leg(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
Cause
- Event
- Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- Source
- Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- Secondary source
- Welding, cutting, and blow torches
Employer
- Name
- AMERICAN ALLOY STEEL
- Location
- 1212 EAST DOMINICKS STREET, ROME, NEW YORK, 13440
- NAICS
- 423510
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting plate steel with a flame cutter. Sparks caught his trouser leg on fire, causing second- and third-degree burns to his leg.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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