# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Mississippi Silicon, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087607` · 8/14/2016 · BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Mississippi Silicon, LLC
- **Location:** 80 County Road 210, BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38833
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hardwood pole to clean a furnace's tap channel when molten metal slag suddenly released from the furnace, burning the employee's hands, head, face, left ear, lips, and mouth.

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