# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at WVA Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025087955` · 8/12/2025 · ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** WVA Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** US Route 60 East, ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25002
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 7:30 p.m. on August 12, 2025, an employee was using a backhoe to excavate accumulated slag and debris from a furnace tap area and ladle pit. Residual water in the material had not fully evaporated; upon disturbance, it reacted violently, resulting in an explosion. The employee suffered first, second, and some third-degree steam burns, mainly to the arms and knees with additional burns to the hands and the back of the neck. The employee was hospitalized.

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