Incident date: 2021-05-14
NAICS industry code: 811412

The injured employee was training another employee and they were heating and pouring zinc into wire rope sockets (spelter sockets). The injured worker stepped backward, lost his footing, and fell  into the hot kettle, knocking it over. The employee sustained a third degree burn on his back that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate