# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at LaBarge Coating, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018033054` · 3/29/2018 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** LaBarge Coating, LLC
- **Location:** 711 Shields Street, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing tape from pipes at a powder coating booth.  As a pipe exited the powder coating booth, he attempted to remove the tape at the end of the pipe. His left forearm was then pulled into the pipe, receiving third degree burns that required hospitalization.

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