# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Staiman Recycling Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024021862` · 2/29/2024 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Flammable gas  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** Staiman Recycling Corporation
- **Location:** 201 Hepburn Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was processing clean steel with a torch when the oxygen line failed and the employee received first, second, and third-degree burns to the upper right torso.

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