# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Texas Steel Conversion, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021454` · 2/14/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Steel Conversion, Inc.
- **Location:** 10881 E. Almeda Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77045
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing the processing of pipe and noticed something had fallen off or was not correct during the process. He was walking across the hot pipe to retrieve the part when he slipped and fell onto the pipe, suffering third degree burns to his buttocks and the anterior side of his thighs and left hand.

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