# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Idaho Timber
> OSHA SIR `2017010624` · 1/19/2017 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Idaho Timber
- **Location:** 4800 Production Ave, BOISE, IDAHO, 83705
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal with a torch when slag entered the employee's boot and caused a burn. The burn became infected and required hospitalization.

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