# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Clark Dynamics Test Laboratory, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119559` · 11/1/2022 · JEFFERSON HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Clark Dynamics Test Laboratory, Inc.
- **Location:** 1801 Pennsylvania 51, JEFFERSON HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15025
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been cutting plate with an acetylene torch. The employee left for lunch, during which the regulator was turned off. When the employee returned from lunch, he turned the valve to begin work and a fire erupted from the oxygen tank regulator. The employee sustained burns to the stomach area.

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