# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Wyrwas Aluminum Industries Corp
> OSHA SIR `2020042990` · 4/2/2020 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Wyrwas Aluminum Industries Corp
- **Location:** 3700 Wildlife Way, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44109
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying the remaining aluminum from a kettle into a mold. The hot metal hit the cold mold and exploded, splattering onto the employee and burning his chest, arms, and legs. He was hospitalized.

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