# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Kyoei Steel, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2021108977` · 10/18/2021 · VINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kyoei Steel, LTD
- **Location:** 8001 Border Steel Rd., VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 10/18/2021, an employee was working on heating inner racers with a heating torch. The hose leaked oxygen and a flash fire occurred in one of the lines, resulting in second degree burns to the employee's left hand that required hospitalization.

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