# Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries at AUSTAL USA, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20241110833` · 11/20/2024 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AUSTAL USA, LLC.
- **Location:** 100 DUNLAP DR., MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a plasma cutter that was set up on a self-propelled track system to bevel the edge of a four-sided plate. The employee's right thigh was impaled by a piece of slag metal and he suffered burns to his right leg.

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