# Thermal burns  second degree at One Rail Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211218` · 12/5/2024 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Molten metal, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** One Rail Group, LLC
- **Location:** 1680 Marietta Rd NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 5, 2024, an employee was torch-cutting rails when a piece of slag landed on them and ignited their clothing. The employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns to their right shoulder, hand, arm, and torso.

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