# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Freehold Cartage Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015074629` · 7/14/2015 · FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Freehold Cartage Inc
- **Location:** 825 Hwy 33 East, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, 07728
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A worker was welding the underside of a truck when the flame flashed back through a stress fracture in the fitting causing slag to hit the torch. The torch fell into his lap causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns.

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