Incident date: 2020-03-04
NAICS industry code: 331511

After recharging the furnace, there was an explosion inside the furnace. An employee was hit by a hot piece of scrap metal that flew out of the furnace while he was using the lance. The scrap metal struck the employee in the left shoulder near the arm pit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate