Incident date: 2019-06-11
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was "rodding" a boiler (unclogging a plug of smelt) when the plug let loose. The smelt, which was under pressure, then sprayed the employee. The employee was severely burned by molten smelt on the face, neck, shoulder, and leg, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate