# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Mueller Copper Tube
> OSHA SIR `2025088550` · 8/27/2025 · FULTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  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:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller Copper Tube
- **Location:** 400 Mueller Road, FULTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38843
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning slag from a casting mold at a furnace. The molten copper dropped out of the mold too quickly, reacted with the mold cooling water, and blew out. The molten metal struck his right foot, hand, and torso, causing first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

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