# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Continental Casting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021661` · 2/17/2018 · MONROE CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(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:** Continental Casting, LLC
- **Location:** 801 Second Street, MONROE CITY, MISSOURI, 63456
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was skimming impurities from melt when he lost his footing and fell forward into a pot of molten aluminum. He was burned on the left arm and hand.

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