# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill
> OSHA SIR `20201110457` · 11/4/2020 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill
- **Location:** 300 Ward Road, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a platform lancing a ladle holding liquid steel. He fell forward and his left hand went into the tundish containing liquid metal. He suffered third-degree burns to the hand and was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*