# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098100` · 9/13/2022 · BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Mayer Street, BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15017
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was approaching a plant entrance with a lit cigarette. When he discarded the cigarette, it ignited oxygen that had been released during a tank-filling process. The employee suffered third-degree burns over 60 percent of his body.

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