# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211262` · 12/10/2023 · MADILL, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), 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:** Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC
- **Location:** 1042 S. 1st Street, MADILL, OKLAHOMA, 73446
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

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