# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at EDRO Specialty Steel
> OSHA SIR `2019066605` · 6/19/2019 · CONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** EDRO Specialty Steel
- **Location:** 1027 Conshohocken Rd., CONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19428
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a metal plate into a furnace to be heat-treated when he tripped and fell forward, resulting in his hands making contact with the hot metal plate. He suffered burns to the palms of both hands and was hospitalized.

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