# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Real Alloy Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021203` · 2/5/2018 · STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Real Alloy Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 7505 Durand Ave., STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN, 53177
- **NAICS:** 331314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was charging a furnace by adding material using a powered industrial vehicle. An explosion occurred, causing a fireball to come out of the furnace. The employee jumped from the vehicle to avoid the fireball and landed on the ground. He suffered first and second degree burns to the forehead and injuries to his left knee.

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