# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at AZZ GALVANIZING SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2019065972` · 6/13/2019 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** AZZ GALVANIZING SERVICES
- **Location:** 4400 E. 61ST ST., COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel box to remove excess molten zinc after it came out of a kettle when the wire holding the box broke and the box fell into the kettle. Molten zinc splashed on the employee, causing second and third degree burns to his neck, chest, and arms.

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