# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at American Environmental Specialties, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110424` · 11/4/2016 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** American Environmental Specialties, Inc.
- **Location:** 12201 Southwest FreewAY, STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal pipe with a cutting torch that used acetylene and oxygen gas during interior metal removal when the torch caused second and third degree burns to the employee's face and hands. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time.

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