# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Tennessee Aluminum Processors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098489` · 9/3/2017 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Tennessee Aluminum Processors, Inc.
- **Location:** 205 Spurline Drive, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 331314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through a furnace pit when the furnace trough kicked back. The employee then stepped back into a mold full of molten metal, suffering second degree burns to the right ankle and calf and to the left foot.

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