Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TMS International, LLC, 1 Steel Drive, CALVERT, ALABAMA 36513
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting demo scrap with a gas and oxygen torch when he felt his back getting hot. After removing his jacket and shirt, he found a burn roughly the size of a sheet of paper in the middle of his back. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedChemicals and chemical products, unspecified
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