# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Doe Run
> OSHA SIR `2018032558` · 3/14/2018 · BOSS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Doe Run
- **Location:** 18594 Highway KK, BOSS, MISSOURI, 65440
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling molds with molten lead. When he turned a valve to open it, the line split and sprayed him with the molten lead, burning his abdomen and right arm.

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