# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Nelson Steel
> OSHA SIR `2015108095` · 10/29/2015 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Suits, coats, jackets
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Steel
- **Location:** 9400 W. Belmont Ave., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an Oxy/Acetylene torch to cut steel to fix a machine in the fabrication shop. The acetylene line burst and caught the employee's jacket on fire. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to his right forearm.

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