# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Spuncast, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099837` · 9/19/2019 · WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Spuncast, Inc.
- **Location:** W6499 Rhine Rd., WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53094
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring molten steel into a mold. Some of the steel passed through a trench cover's lifting holes and came into contact with water. This created superheated steam, which caused the molten steel to spray back through the holes onto the employee. The employee suffered second-degree burns on 18 percent of the body: arms, upper front torso, face, and mouth.

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