# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Ecovery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054471` · 5/12/2025 · LOXLEY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecovery, LLC
- **Location:** 26320 Railroad Avenue, LOXLEY, ALABAMA, 36551
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was skimming slag out of molten aluminum with a shovel. The molten aluminum "popped" and landed on the employee's leg before falling down to his foot. The employee sustained third-degree burns to the right foot.

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