Incident date: 2019-10-16
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was sliding a single mold pouring pan with a cast tree on it. The employee moved the pouring pan by hand onto the forks of a powered industrial truck (PIT). When the pan was moved the cast tree fell over. The employee attempted to grab the tree to stop it from falling. Molten stainless steel poured onto their right forearm/hand causing second degree burns requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate