# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Cullman Casting Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025032108` · 3/5/2025 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of clothing
- **Source:** Clothing
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cullman Casting Corporation
- **Location:** 251 County Road 490, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was charging the furnace when a spark from the furnace ignited and struck the employee's undershirt. The employee sustained burns to their lower back, hands, and front abdomen.

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