# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015021043` · 2/2/2015 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes, wheels, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Wheel Drive, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the chute at a work station called the hub cutter. While cleaning out the chute, a wheel rolled down from another work station and pressed against the back of the employee's leg, causing second and third degree burns to the calf.

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