# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at YAMAHA
> OSHA SIR `2015063885` · 6/18/2015 · NEWNAN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** YAMAHA
- **Location:** 1000 GEORGIA HIGHWAY EAST, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, 30265
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was showing another employee how to weld frames and the trainee accidentally contacted the trainer's arm with the hot welding rod. The trainer was wearing an approved welding sleeve. The resulting injury became infected and the employee was hospitalized for treatment.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*