# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Accuride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022065199` · 6/15/2022 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Accuride Corporation
- **Location:** 302 Peoples Ave., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring iron on a melt line when iron splashed off a mold, down his leg, and into his boot. The employee suffered burns and was hospitalized.

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