# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Encore Wire Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018065635` · 6/8/2018 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Wire Corporation
- **Location:** 1311 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning slag from a vessel containing molten copper. The slag and molten copper splashed onto the employee's left foot burning it.

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