# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Zekelman Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010161` · 1/6/2023 · WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Zekelman Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Council Avenue, WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 16161
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a platform near the blow box area when they fell into the zinc snout and landed in molten zinc. The employee sustained burns.

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