# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at United States Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019076979` · 7/10/2019 · BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Steel Corporation
- **Location:** Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant, BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 15104
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pealing sand away with a bar to direct the flow of molten iron. The iron ejected and contacted the employee causing burns from the base of his left index finger to his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

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