# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Commercial Metals Company Steel Florida
> OSHA SIR `2022108942` · 10/11/2022 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** Commercial Metals Company Steel Florida
- **Location:** 16770 Rebar Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32234
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 11, 2022, at 10:48 PM, an employee was operating a runout table when a breakout occurred on one of the strands. The employee plugged and stopped the strand and began cutting the billet. When the billet was cut loose, it fell into the water. The billet contained liquid steel, causing a splash toward the employee after falling into the water. The employee was hospitalized for second-degree burns.

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