# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at CF Rail Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021844` · 2/29/2024 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **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:** CF Rail Services, LLC
- **Location:** 4115 MS-19, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39301
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder cutting off the end of a bolt using a torch. Molten slag fell and landed on their inner arm and chest, resulting in third degree burns.

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