# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Tennessee Alloys Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098785` · 9/22/2023 · BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tennessee Alloys Company, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Garner Road, BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA, 35740
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding coal to a furnace when an electrode casing can erupted, causing fire to shoot out. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to their back, arms, legs, and buttocks, mostly on the left side.

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