Incident date: 2019-04-03
NAICS industry code: 332312

On April 3, 2019, at approximately 2:00 AM, an employee was MIG (metal inert gas) welding on a steel bridge cord. A piece of hot silica (slag) fell into the employee's left boot causing a severe burn to the bottom of the foot.

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: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate