# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Matalco
> OSHA SIR `20231211598` · 12/22/2023 · WARREN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Matalco
- **Location:** 5120 Tod Avenue SW, WARREN, OHIO, 44481
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was between the trough and casting pit, cleaning a filter box at the end of a cast. His right foot slipped off the lid of the cast pan and went into an opening where molten aluminum goes into a trough. The employee contacted molten aluminum and sustained third degree burns to his right leg, ankle, and foot.

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