# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Occidental Chemical Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171211512` · 12/4/2017 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## 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:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Occidental Chemical Corporation
- **Location:** 6200 S. Ridge Rd, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67215
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a copper cell when a weld on the copper cell ruptured, spewing molten copper onto the lower half of his body. He suffered third degree burns to the front and back of his body from the waist down.

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