Incident date: 2018-09-14
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee had been performing helper duties on a blast furnace, including cleaning/loading the mud gun, installing the slag dam, and cleaning the sides of the trough, when he was overcome by heat approximately 6.5 hours into his shift. He suffered heat-related illness, cramping in his arms, and loss of consciousness.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to environmental heat
code_source: title: Heat-environmental
code_nature: title: Multiple effects of heat and light
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate