# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Ritchey Metals Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213041` · 12/20/2018 · SCENERY HILL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, 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:** Ritchey Metals Company Inc.
- **Location:** 363 Station Road, SCENERY HILL, PENNSYLVANIA, 15360
- **NAICS:** 331528
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee added flux to molten metal. As the employee tried to push the flux into the metal with a rake, the metal erupted and splashed the employee. The employee suffered burns to the left side of the face, the top and back of the head, the left arm, the back, and the right ankle.

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