# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022087301` · 8/17/2022 · BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Fire, flame
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc
- **Location:** 1 Nucor Way, BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS, 60914
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee approached an electric arc furnace in preparation to lance a tap-hole. As they approached the tap-hole, a cooling panel located inside the furnace leaked water onto the molten metal in the furnace. An eruption of steam and fire occurred through the tap-hole, causing the employee to sustain first and second-degree burns to the thighs, lower abdomen, face, throat and nose . They were hospitalized.

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