Incident date: 2019-04-02
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was sweeping ash off a kettle when trapped moisture caused molten zinc to pop after steel was submerged in the kettle. The molten zinc contacted the employee, causing second degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate