# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Smith Tank & Steel
> OSHA SIR `2023042913` · 4/3/2023 · SAINT ROSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Tank & Steel
- **Location:** 11842 River Road, SAINT ROSE, LOUISIANA, 70087
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working on an empty above-ground 2,500-barrel crude oil tank. Employee 1 was welding while employee 2 was watching. Employee 1 saw fire behind the welding smoke and notified employee 2. Before they could get off the tank, they both fell in the tank and sustained burns from the fire.

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