# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Miami Operations
> OSHA SIR `2019055299` · 5/25/2019 · CLAYPOOL, ARIZONA
## 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:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Miami Operations
- **Location:** 5701 New Street, CLAYPOOL, ARIZONA, 85532
- **NAICS:** 331411
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was changing an anode mold. The employee's right hand was caught in a pinch point when a forklift raised the hot anode mold. The employee received second and third degree burns on the right hand.

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