# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Gold Star FS, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032300` · 3/14/2022 · TAYLOR RIDGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Gold Star FS, Inc.
- **Location:** 13517 70th Street West, TAYLOR RIDGE, ILLINOIS, 61284
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 9:30 a.m. on March 14, 2022, an employee was using an oxygen/acetylene cutting torch to remove an old grain hopper from its frame. The torch caused a flash inside the hopper. The flame came through the hole the employee had created and burned the employee's face. The employee suffered second-degree burns and was hospitalized.

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