Incident date: 2021-02-03
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee was operating a smelter when a co-worker pulled the cover from the pit that is partially filled with hot water (180 degrees). The employee went to start the smelter, stepped into the pit, and suffered first and second degree burns to his left leg from his foot to eight inches above his knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate