# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at TimkenSteel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024021525` · 2/18/2024 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** TimkenSteel Corporation
- **Location:** 4511 Faircrest St., SW, CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an oxygen torch to open a tap hole on a ladle. As the employee penetrated the tap hole with the torch, molten steel burned the employee. The employee was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns to the left hand.

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