# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at FUSION CERAMICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021020998` · 2/3/2021 · CARROLLTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** FUSION CERAMICS, INC.
- **Location:** 160 SCIO RD SE, CARROLLTON, OHIO, 44615
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a smelter when a co-worker pulled the cover from the pit that is partially filled with hot water (180 degrees). The employee went to start the smelter, stepped into the pit, and suffered first and second degree burns to his left leg from his foot to eight inches above his knee.

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