# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Nemak USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025066253` · 6/29/2025 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Personal protective equipment (PPE)  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nemak USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 4243 Gateway Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the melt department was getting ready to put a recirculation pump into the pump housing area. He first put the pump in a cabinet to warm it up to avoid thermal shock. It shifted and the cold refractory contacted the hot metal. Molten metal contacted the employee, resulting in third-degree burns between their knee(s) and ankle(s). The employee was wearing some personal protective equipment (PPE) at the time but this was breached by the molten metal.

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