# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Transcend welding and fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021603` · 2/21/2024 · GALVA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clothing
## Employer
- **Name:** Transcend welding and fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 1100 S.E. 2nd St., GALVA, ILLINOIS, 61434
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 21, 2024, an employee was harnessed on a lift attempting to cut into a piece of pipe that they were going to fabricate. The pipe caught fire. The employee's sweatshirt also caught fire and the employee sustained burns to their face, arm, and hands as they attempted to remove the sweatshirt.

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