# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Casting Solutions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109509` · 10/6/2020 · ZANESVILLE, 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Casting Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** 2345 Licking Road, ZANESVILLE, OHIO, 43701
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a slag spoon to skim off impurities on molten gray iron. The employee dipped the spoon into the zircon wash and gray iron popped onto the employee. The employee sustained first and second degree burns to the left side of the palm, the forearm, and the abdomen.

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