# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at TMS International
> OSHA SIR `2020032200` · 3/7/2020 · JEWETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International
- **Location:** 8812 Hwy 79 W, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting up scrap metal. There was a hole at the connection in the hose of the hand torch which caused the employee's shirt to become saturated with oxygen. When the employee lit the torch, his shirt caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his stomach, right arm, and back.

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