# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Tractor and Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `20211210491` · 12/7/2021 · KENNESAW, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Tractor and Equipment Company
- **Location:** 850 Duncan Drive Kennesaw, KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutting torch to burn a bearing off of a crusher roller when hot grease blew back onto the employee, resulting in burns to his face.

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