# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Franklin Bronze Precision Components, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201010248` · 10/28/2020 · FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pots, pans, trays
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Bronze Precision Components, LLC
- **Location:** 655 Grant St., FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16323
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring molten aluminum with a hand ladle. The employee stepped into the sand pan to pour the aluminum from the ladle into the mold. The employee caught his left leg on the edge of the sand pan and fell toward the mold with the ladle in his hand. While the ladle broke his fall, the employee was splashed with molten aluminum on various areas of his body. The employee was hospitalized with second and third degree burns.

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