# Thermal burns  second degree at Drummond Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088680` · 8/30/2025 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Forging machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Drummond Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 900 Huntsville Avenue, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
- **NAICS:** 324199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing an oven for charging and cracked the seal of the jump lid to release pressure. Flames unexpectedly released from the oven and burned the employee's right ring and little fingers. The employee sustained second-degree burns.

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