# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at ALFAB, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212710` · 12/11/2018 · ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** ALFAB, Inc.
- **Location:** 220 Boll Weevil Circle East, ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA, 36331
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch to cut a welded piece of material when it fell on her left hand. The employee sustained third degree burns and lacerations to the top of the left hand that required surgery.

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