# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066359` · 6/24/2019 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. Pe Hwy, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39568
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting T-beams with a cutting torch when the employee's pants caught on fire possibly due to a piece of molten slag, resulting in second and third degree burns to the employee's inner thighs.

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