# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110988` · 11/15/2017 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Holt Road NE, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35404
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to operate a tap hole sander when flames and heat escaped from the shell furnace, causing second and third degree burns to the employee's face and right hand.

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