Worker severely burned after explosion at tractor-trailer repair factory

Investigators later determined “the injuries were suffered when the patient was working on a trailer, cutting and welding on one of these tractor-trailers you see right there,” Bentley said.

The victim suffered burns over 50 percent of his body, he said. He is in the Grady Memorial Hospital burn unit in critical condition. Two other people who were trying to help the worker were taken to the hospital, one for smoke inhalation and another with a knee injury.

Bentley said people on the scene heard a large boom before the fire, which remains under investigation.

The factory is located near Conley in the southwest corner of DeKalb County.