# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Globe Metallurgical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022075987` · 7/10/2022 · WATERFORD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Globe Metallurgical, Inc.
- **Location:** 1595 Sparling Road, WATERFORD, OHIO, 45786
- **NAICS:** 331419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing the clean-up process of a spilled ladle. As the employee was walking away from an area of cooling metal, there was an eruption due to molten metal reacting with water. The employee fell forward, attempted to catch himself, and his right hand touched the molten metal resulting in burns to the little fingertip and middle finger.

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