# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at AlCuMet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011070` · 10/23/2019 · LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Chemical products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AlCuMet, Inc.
- **Location:** 3 Planeview Drive, LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03053
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a burner tube on a furnace when molten salt poured out of the tube and onto their leg. The employee was hospitalized with third degree burns to the right leg.

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