# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221211007` · 12/20/2022 · MADILL, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
- **Location:** 1297 Smiley Rd., MADILL, OKLAHOMA, 73446
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a training activity with a mentor on a molten zinc tank. The employee stepped on the tank lid and his left foot went into the tank, causing third-degree burns to the employee's left foot up to his calf.

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