# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Union Electric Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076953` · 7/25/2017 · CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Electric Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 726 Bell Avenue, CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15106
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heating up an area on a cast work roll with a torch. Grease was sealed in a compartment on the work roll. When the compartment was heated, the employee was splashed with heated grease, suffering second degree burns on his neck, chest, and forearms.

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