# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Tractor & Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2024087979` · 8/28/2024 · KENNESAW, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Rollers, compactors construction
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** Tractor & Equipment Company
- **Location:** 1355 Big Shanty Drive, KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch to remove a broken bolt from inside a roller drum. Prior to this, brake cleaner had been used inside the roller drum. The employee was inside the roller drum when a flash fire occurred and the employee sustained burns to their face and arms.

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