Incident date: 2022-08-17
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee approached an electric arc furnace in preparation to lance a tap-hole. As they approached the tap-hole, a cooling panel located inside the furnace leaked water onto the molten metal in the furnace. An eruption of steam and fire occurred through the tap-hole, causing the employee to sustain first and second-degree burns to the thighs, lower abdomen, face, throat and nose . They were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Fire, flame
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate