Incident date: 2019-06-13
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was moving a steel box to remove excess molten zinc after it came out of a kettle when the wire holding the box broke and the box fell into the kettle. Molten zinc splashed on the employee, causing second and third degree burns to his neck, chest, and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate