# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Chaparral Steel, LP
> OSHA SIR `2024021351` · 2/13/2024 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chaparral Steel, LP
- **Location:** 300 Ward Road, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tapping molten metal from a furnace into a ladle. A reaction in the ladle caused metal to erupt from it toward the tapping station, where it burned the employee's face, neck, and arms.

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