# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at ARCELOR MITTAL
> OSHA SIR `2015010057` · 1/4/2015 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fire, flame
## Employer
- **Name:** ARCELOR MITTAL
- **Location:** 3060 EGGERS AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the #2 steel-producing BOF shop was making ladle additions to the first heat steel of the day on furnace #94 when the materials reacted, causing flames and high heat to come up through the chute. The employee received first and second degree burns to the face, right wrist and forearm, and a little bit on his right abdomen.

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