# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Meyer Utility
> OSHA SIR `2024088060` · 8/29/2024 · STEELE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Meyer Utility
- **Location:** 585 Duncan Farms Road, STEELE, ALABAMA, 35987
- **NAICS:** 551114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a metal part. Welding slag burned through his pants and fell into his boot, burning the metatarsal area of his right foot.

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