# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Bosworth Steel Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021323` · 2/8/2018 · PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tool belts
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Bosworth Steel Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2600 E. Pflugerville Pkwy, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding when hot slag dropped into his tool bag, igniting it and causing burns on his back and side.

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