# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Nucor Steel Jackson Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065681` · 6/29/2022 · FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Jackson Inc.
- **Location:** 3630 4th Street, FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 39232
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a bag of tire chrome rubber to load it into a hopper. There was an explosion and fire, and the employee suffered third-degree burns to the hand.

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