# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Quality Castings Company
> OSHA SIR `2015108015` · 10/27/2015 · ORRVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Castings Company
- **Location:** 1200 N. Main Street, ORRVILLE, OHIO, 44667
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received second degree burns to the lower body when he slipped and fell while carrying molten metal in a ladle.

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