Incident date: 2023-08-27
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was lifting a stinger out of furnace when a 200-pound piece of metal fell into the furnace. This caused hot slag to expel from the crucible and contact the employee's chest, arms and hands. The employee sustained thermal burns.

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