# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065640` · 6/17/2020 · SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 301 Mable Avenue, SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA, 30401
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutting torch to remove rusted bolts off a spreader buggy when his hand slipped and the torch flame made contact with his left hand. He sustained burn injures to his left thumb and index finger.

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