Incident date: 2021-12-27
NAICS industry code: 562920

On December 27, 2021, at approximately 1:00 AM, an employee was pouring aluminum from the melt furnace when melted aluminum splashed onto their face. The employee sustained burns around their eye socket and was hospitalized for treatment. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time.

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: Eye(s)
severity: moderate