# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Libertas Copper, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211697` · 12/9/2017 · LEETSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Libertas Copper, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Washington Street, LEETSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15056
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wet shovel to clean molten copper when an explosion occurred. He suffered burns and was hospitalized.

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