# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls
> OSHA SIR `2022043581` · 4/26/2022 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was performing carbon arc welding when hot multi-metal weld fell downward and onto the employee's skin between the neck and chest, under the collar of the employee's fire-rated overalls. The employee suffered second and third degree burns.

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