# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at US Zinc Corporation - Dust Plant
> OSHA SIR `2022043532` · 4/25/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** US Zinc Corporation - Dust Plant
- **Location:** 6020 Navigation Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77011
- **NAICS:** 213115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped off a furnace platform through an 18-inch by 16-inch porthole opening. His right foot was severely burned by molten metal.

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