# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Custom Alloy
> OSHA SIR `2017076217` · 7/6/2017 · PRESCOTT, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Alloy
- **Location:** 4008 Vernon Rd., PRESCOTT, KANSAS, 66767
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a skid-steer to scoop and dump scrap aluminum into a rotary furnace when the hot metal was blown onto his right arm and back, causing burns.

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