# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Gerdau Midlothian Mill
> OSHA SIR `2016065625` · 6/23/2016 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Midlothian Mill
- **Location:** 300 Ward Road, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a kettle of molten metal when the molten metal spilled and burned the employee.

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