Incident date: 2015-02-20
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was inspecting a ship intake duct that had been fabricated. The employee heard someone grinding above him and when he looked up, a piece of welding slag fell into his mouth. The employee removed the slag from his mouth and continued working. Later that evening at his residence, the employee experienced breathing problems. The employee went to a hospital emergency room for treatment where it was discovered that the employee had welding slag in his throat. The employee was admitted to the hospital and surgery was performed to remove the welding slag.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Internal neck location, unspecified
severity: moderate