# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Vicksburg Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2019043362` · 4/1/2019 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Vicksburg Forest Products
- **Location:** 1725 North Washington Street, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39183
- **NAICS:** 333210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutting torch with oxygen and acetylene when the hose caught fire, resulting in burns to his left thumb.

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