# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Intercoastal Repair Services
> OSHA SIR `2020043862` · 4/27/2020 · JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Intercoastal Repair Services
- **Location:** 3100 River Road, JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, 70121
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a leak on a barge. After repairing the leak, the employee was working overhead when fire/slag from a welding torch's oxygen line fell on his glove, igniting and burning his left hand and forearm. He was hospitalized.

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