# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at US Steel
> OSHA SIR `2015107584` · 10/12/2015 · DRAVOSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Natural gas
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Steel
- **Location:** PO Box 878, DRAVOSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15034
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the OCA department attempting to light the OCA furnace with a butane lighter. There was a suspected gas leak that ignited and burned the employee's right arm.

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