# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at U.S. Pipe and Foundry
> OSHA SIR `2020010394` · 1/14/2020 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Pipe and Foundry
- **Location:** 2023 St. Louis Blvd, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to clean up an iron spill. A 3-foot skimming rod was laid on top of the machine ladle of a casting machine. The rod had been previously dipped in the blacking liquid. The wet rod fell into the ladle, causing a reaction that ejected molten iron from the ladle. The molten iron contacted and burned the employee's left foot.

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