# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Carpenters Technolongy
> OSHA SIR `2020077195` · 7/30/2020 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** 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:** Carpenters Technolongy
- **Location:** 2626 LIGONIER STREET, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a sample of molten metal when a piece of slag contacted the tongue of his boot. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his leg.

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