# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Nucor Steel
> OSHA SIR `20161110828` · 11/17/2016 · JEWETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel
- **Location:** 8812 Highway 79 West, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to add alloy to steel when a splash of alloy came through the door and hit his pant leg. He was kneeling at the time, so the splash ran down into his boot, causing burns.

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