# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at WVA MANUFACTURING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088187` · 8/10/2018 · ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pressure lines, except hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** WVA MANUFACTURING, LLC
- **Location:** U.S. ROUTE 60 EAST, ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25002
- **NAICS:** 331112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 08/10/18, at approximately 2:00 AM, a maintenance employee was performing repairs to an oxygen line that was part of a plant's oxygen air system. The employee repaired the hose, tightened the clamp on the hose, and instructed another employee to turn the oxygen back on. When the oxygen was turned back on, the hose exploded in the maintenance employee's hands.  The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands.

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