# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Real Alloy Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076512` · 7/17/2024 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Molten metal, slag
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Real Alloy Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 400 E Lincoln Hwy., CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 331314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 3:17 p.m. on July 17, 2024, an employee was using a shovel to clean molten metal from the surge bowl of an aluminum launder system when the metal splashed onto the employee's lower left leg. The employee suffered third-degree burns.

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