# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Zekelman Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065136` · 6/23/2021 · WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Zekelman Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Council Street, WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 16161
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning and feeding pipes into the galvanizing tank at a charging station when the pipes slid in at an angle, resulting in the molten zinc shooting up the pipe and onto the employee. The employee suffered burns to their right wrist.

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