# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at American Light Metals LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010597` · 1/21/2016 · MACEDONIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Light Metals LLC
- **Location:** 635 Highland Rd., East, MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a fork truck backed into a second fork truck, which had just transferred molten metal from a larger furnace to a ladle. The 1300-degree residual molten metal splashed out and contacted the employee's left foot, causing third degree burns. The employee was hospitalized.

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