# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Valor Alloys, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010546` · 1/18/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Steel-toed footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Valor Alloys, LLC
- **Location:** 11280 Charles Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding scrap material to a molten aluminum mixture in a furnace. Molten metal left the furnace and entered the employee's safety boot, where it became trapped against his skin and burned him above the foot.

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