# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Wheatland Tube Company
> OSHA SIR `20191213106` · 12/21/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Wheatland Tube Company
- **Location:** 4435 S. Western Blvd, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning slag off the platform and slipped off a ledge. Their foot fell into a molten zinc pot resulting in burns to the leg and foot.

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