Incident date: 2017-10-25
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was blowing zinc as pipe material was being raised from a kettle when the wire rope holding the pipe material broke. The material fell into the kettle, splashing zinc on the employee, who suffered second and third degree burns to the neck, arm, shoulder, and head. The employee 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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate