# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Dionisio Metal & Iron, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054543` · 5/18/2017 · PUEBLO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dionisio Metal & Iron, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 S. Portland Street, PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81001
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an aluminum, oil-fired furnace (to make aluminum ingots) when a coworker threw a coil-covered shock into the furnace. The shock ruptured and sprayed hot oil onto the employee, resulting in third degree burns to the upper extremities.

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