# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Reliable Castings Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022087040` · 8/9/2022 · SIDNEY, OHIO
## 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:** Reliable Castings Corporation
- **Location:** 1521 W. MICHIGAN ST., SIDNEY, OHIO, 45365
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring a mold with a full ladle of aluminum. He bumped the mold and molten aluminum splashed onto him. He then dropped the ladle and more aluminum splashed onto his left leg and foot. The employee sustained burns requiring skin grafts.

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