# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at AK STEEL CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020010798` · 1/24/2020 · MANSFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** AK STEEL CORPORATION
- **Location:** 913 BOWMAN ST., MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44903
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 23, 2020, an employee working for AK Steel was starting to pour an electric arc furnace when an explosion inside of the furnace caused molten metal to be ejected from the furnace, striking the employee. The employee was hospitalized with serious burns to her upper body.

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