# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032865` · 3/24/2018 · REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Ash Street, REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN, 53959
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the floor removing a sample of molten iron from a furnace. The sample cup became caught on the lip of the furnace and molten iron spilled onto the employee's aluminized pants, contacting his leg through a pocket opening. He received burns to the thigh, calf, and ankle.

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