# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2025010977` · 1/30/2025 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Torches  welding, cutting
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was in a welding booth preparing to TIG weld a pipe socket. The employee's clothing caught fire and she sustained third-degree burns on her face, neck, chest, and stomach.

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