# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Aludyne
> OSHA SIR `2025055036` · 5/28/2025 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **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:** Aludyne
- **Location:** 1600 Northside Industrial BLVD, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31904
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 28, 2025, an employee was taking the temperature of a furnace. When they put the temperature probe in the furnace, there was a reaction from the iron that caused molten iron to discharge onto the employee. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his left leg/foot.

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