# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Basic Aluminum Casting Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019088706` · 8/22/2019 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Aluminum Casting Co.
- **Location:** 1325 East 168th St., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44110
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was servicing a casting machine when the automatic ladle spilled molten aluminum on the employee's back. The employee was hospitalized with severe burns to the back.

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