# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at American Cast Iron Pipe Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043207` · 4/10/2017 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** American Cast Iron Pipe Company
- **Location:** 1501 31st Avenue North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35207
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a quadrant ladle with molten iron from a holding ladle. The trough was not in the upright position because the machine was in between cycles. The quadrant ladle then overfilled, causing some of the molten iron to spill out and onto the employee's feet, burning them.

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