Incident date: 2018-03-07
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was working at a press when the employee took a ladle coated in molten aluminum and dipped it in water. The ladle then popped/exploded, sending flying molten metal in multiple directions. The metal burned the employee's head, neck, back, and hand.

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