# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `20191212419` · 12/3/2019 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second 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
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. PE Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding overhead when molten metal slag dropped onto the employee's shirt, causing it to catch fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the upper right torso and arm.

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