Incident date: 2022-05-19
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was working in an area where melted steel was being transported in a ladle. The metal burned through the ladle and production halted. When the employee stepped into a patch of dirt, hot debris particles flew between his fire safety boot and his pants, causing third-degree burns on his left leg and foot. He was hospitalized.

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