PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS—
Bosworth Steel Erectors, Inc.
Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was welding when hot slag dropped into his tool bag, igniting it and causing burns on his back and side.
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