# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Grede Browntown
> OSHA SIR `2022109000` · 10/13/2022 · BROWNTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Grede Browntown
- **Location:** N2480 County Hwy M, BROWNTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53522
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Excess molten iron was moved to a pig drain pond. When some of the iron had cooled, a forklift was used to break up and move iron that had overflowed from the pond. Some molten iron melted a hydraulic line on the forklift, causing pressurized hydraulic fluid to spray out. The fluid was then ignited by the molten iron, resulting in a fireball that burned the hands and face of an employee who was standing on the melt deck about 14 feet away from the forklift. The injured employee was hospitalized.

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