# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077305` · 7/19/2018 · BROWNTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC
- **Location:** N2480 County Hwy M, BROWNTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53522
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A employee was attempting to chisel through a tuyere on a cupola melt deck that had started to solidify. When he created a hole through the chilled iron, molten iron exploded out of the tuyere and struck him on the right side of his face and neck. As he moved out of the way, he tripped over a water pipe on the deck; he fell, striking his head on the metal deck and losing consciousness.

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