# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Skanska Koch
> OSHA SIR `2018054453` · 5/8/2018 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Skanska Koch
- **Location:** 487-491 Hamilton Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11232
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting steel with a torch on an elevated expressway structure. As he was lighting the torch, he was burned on both ears, the front of his face, and neck.

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