Incident date: 2019-12-21
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was cleaning slag off the platform and slipped off a ledge. Their foot fell into a molten zinc pot resulting in burns to the leg and 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) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate