# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Coosa Steel Corp
> OSHA SIR `20171110877` · 11/11/2017 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- **Source:** Clothing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Coosa Steel Corp
- **Location:** 98 Darlington Drive, ROME, GEORGIA, 30161
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding on steel racks when his clothes caught on fire, resulting in burns to the torso.

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