# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Yaffe Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210703` · 12/9/2022 · MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Yaffe Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 S. G Street, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, 74403
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch cutter to cut 30-foot long, 12-inch diameter pipes into half-moon sizes. The pipe that the employee was cutting rolled and pinned his left leg between two pipes, resulting in burns (possibly third-degree) to his leg.

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