STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
ARCELOR MITTAL
Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ARCELOR MITTAL, 215 SOUTH FRONT STREET, STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA 17113 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the knee(s) and leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking over a transfer surface for hot steel bars when the employee fell towards the hot bar. The employee's right leg came in contact with the hot bar, receiving second and third degree burns from the knee down and above the ankle. The employee also received a burn on the left wrist.
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