# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Cerro Wire LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054388` · 5/6/2018 · HARTSELLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cerro Wire LLC
- **Location:** 1099 Thompson Road SE, HARTSELLE, ALABAMA, 35640
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running coils through a sealing machine when the coils stopped going all the way into the sealing area. He was attempting to grab a coil that was not properly in the sealing area when the seal bar came down on his left hand, causing third degree burns.

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