Incident date: 2019-07-10
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was pealing sand away with a bar to direct the flow of molten iron. The iron ejected and contacted the employee causing burns from the base of his left index finger to his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate