# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023109101` · 10/3/2023 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between two rail vehicles
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Location:** 1801 Crawford St., MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45043
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A train operator was transporting carts of molten iron from the blast furnace to oxygen furnaces. He was working to couple four carts to two other carts while going around a slight curve on the track. A hard coupling event occurred causing molten iron to splash out of the carts and onto the employee. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and knees.

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