# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Talladega Pattern & Aluminum Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088251` · 8/12/2019 · TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), 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:** Talladega Pattern & Aluminum Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 816 North Street East, TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, 35160
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring molten brass into a pig mold. Brass splashed into his boot, causing second-degree burns to the side of his right foot and third-degree burns to the top of the foot.

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