# Thermal burns  second degree at NEC Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024054378` · 5/18/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Hoses  except machine
- **Secondary source:** Flammable gas  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NEC Electric Corporation
- **Location:** Tanglewilde St and Ella Lee Ave cross road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77042
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing a monument sign. One employee was holding the torch of the cutting machine and the injured employee was adjusting the gas regulator. The hose blew up and the injured employee sustained second degree burns to their right forearm requiring hospitalization.

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