# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Imperial Aluminum
> OSHA SIR `2019021479` · 2/9/2019 · MINERVA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Imperial Aluminum
- **Location:** 217 Roosevelt Street, MINERVA, OHIO, 44657
- **NAICS:** 331312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove remelt aluminum for a sow mold as it was not full. Ice on the piece of scrap metal he was using caused the molten metal to pop and splash onto his left wrist and the right side of his face, causing first- and second-degree burns. He was hospitalized.

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