# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Omaha Steel Castings Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109325` · 10/24/2022 · WAHOO, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Omaha Steel Castings Company, LLC
- **Location:** 921 E 12th St., WAHOO, NEBRASKA, 68066
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a crane as molten metal was poured. The mold that had just been poured fell off a roller conveyor line, spilling molten steel onto the employee's right leg. The steel entered his right boot, burning his calf, ankle, and foot.

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