# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at TMS International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032627` · 3/22/2017 · CALVERT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Steel Drive, CALVERT, ALABAMA, 36513
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting demo scrap with a gas and oxygen torch when he felt his back getting hot. After removing his jacket and shirt, he found a burn roughly the size of a sheet of paper in the middle of his back. He was hospitalized.

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