# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at GLOBE METALLURGICAL, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016064997` · 6/6/2016 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** GLOBE METALLURGICAL, INC.
- **Location:** 3807 HIGHLAND AVENUE, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14302
- **NAICS:** 331112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the tap hole of a furnace when hot air/steam released and burned the employee's face.

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