# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Damascus Steel Casting Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043770` · 4/27/2017 · NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forging machinery
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Damascus Steel Casting Company
- **Location:** 1023 Pittsfield Alley, NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15066
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was melting steel in a furnace when the molten steel contacted piping carrying circulating water and caused an explosion. The employee was burned by steam and molten metal and was hospitalized.

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