# First degree heat (thermal) burns at Ward Manufacturing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015085602` · 8/10/2015 · BLOSSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** First degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ward Manufacturing LLC
- **Location:** 105 Taber Street, BLOSSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16912
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was severely burned (first and second degree burns) on his thigh and genital area by a lancing rod while attempting to remove slag on the cupola system. The lancing rod dropped and ignited a flame burning the employee.

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