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Molten metal burn of the foot: a preventable injury
H J Himel1, J M Syptak, K C Jones
1Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
|March 11, 1992
Abstract:
Molten metal burns of the feet remain a common injury to foundry workers. A case is reported of a foundry worker who sustained circumferential molten metal burns of the distal foot and toes necessitating amputation of four toes. This severe injury could easily have been prevented by the use of protective footwear and spats.