# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at THE TOP DIE CASTING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20171110496` · 11/2/2017 · SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** THE TOP DIE CASTING COMPANY
- **Location:** 13910 DEARBORN, SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS, 61080
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a forklift, loading bricks into a hot furnace, when he was splashed with hot molten metal, suffering third degree burns to his arms.

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