Incident date: 2016-08-05
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was tipping over (breaking open) a mold that contained liquid molten iron. The molten iron came in contact with the cuff of his leather glove and traveled down the inside of his glove to the palm and fingers, burning his hand.

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), n.e.c.
severity: moderate