# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at ESG Operations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032944` · 3/20/2019 · MOULTRIE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** ESG Operations, Inc.
- **Location:** 1975 15th Avenue SW, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31768
- **NAICS:** 221320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A welder was welding a nipple to a tank when a flame shot from the tank opening and caused second degree burns to another employee's chest. The injured employee was hospitalized. There may have been some residual cleaning product left after cleaning the oil from the cut (2-inch hole) where the weld was going to be made.

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