# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Langdale Forest Products Co.
> OSHA SIR `2025010226` · 1/8/2025 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Flammable gas  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Langdale Forest Products Co.
- **Location:** 1202 Madison Highway, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the tip of a torch. Gas from the torch entered a hole in the thumb of the employee's left glove and then ignited when the torch activated. The employee suffered burns to the thumb and palm.

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