Incident date: 2025-07-07
NAICS industry code: 331110

On July 7, 2025, at approximately 1:45 AM, an employee was moving vermiculite in a zinc pan with shovel. Molten zinc entered his left boot and caused burns to his shin and the top of his foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten metal, slag
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate