# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at A & K Railroad Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010572` · 1/19/2024 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** A & K Railroad Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 2131 South 74th Street, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66106
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torch cutting steel scrap when the connection between the torch and the torch hose became loose. Gas came out of the loosened hose and a spark ignited the gas. The employee's shirt caught fire, causing him to sustain burns to his right elbow and torso.

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