Incident date: 2017-05-18
NAICS industry code: 331491

An employee was loading an aluminum, oil-fired furnace (to make aluminum ingots) when a coworker threw a coil-covered shock into the furnace. The shock ruptured and sprayed hot oil onto the employee, resulting in third degree burns to the upper extremities.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Upper extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate