Incident date: 2016-08-14
NAICS industry code: 331410

An employee was using a hardwood pole to clean a furnace's tap channel when molten metal slag suddenly released from the furnace, burning the employee's hands, head, face, left ear, lips, and mouth.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate