Incident date: 2022-08-09
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was pouring a mold with a full ladle of aluminum. He bumped the mold and molten aluminum splashed onto him. He then dropped the ladle and more aluminum splashed onto his left leg and foot. The employee sustained burns requiring skin grafts.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate