# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at AK Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017099098` · 9/21/2017 · BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AK Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 210 Pittsburgh Road, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16001
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a 2-inch braided hose equipped with cam locks. The cam locks disengaged, and the employee was sprayed with steam and hot water, suffering second degree burns to both hands and the left arm, as well as possible second degree burns to the forehead and neck.

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