# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at TimkenSteel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017043479` · 4/18/2017 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TimkenSteel Corporation
- **Location:** 4511 Faircrest Street SW, CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During the tap/pour process, an arc flash explosion occurred and an employee that was standing approximately 30 feet from the operation received multiple burns to the face and chest from the molten metal and solids. The employee also sustained lacerations to the thigh and forehead.

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