# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Merchants Metals LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015129177` · 12/4/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Merchants Metals LLC
- **Location:** 4901 Langley Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77093
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Friday 12/4/2015, at 6 pm, an employee was scooping flux from a galvanized zinc kettle. As he was putting the excess flux into a 55-gallon drum, the hot flux boiled up and popped. The splash from the flux went down into his leather glove, resulting in second degree burns on the left hand and wrist.

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