# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Cast Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032288` · 3/13/2023 · ATHENS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Cast Products Inc.
- **Location:** 18676 N Jefferson Street, ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35614
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring molten aluminum into a sand cast mold when some aluminum fell from the ladle into his shoe, resulting in second- and third-degree burns.

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