Incident date: 2018-12-20
NAICS industry code: 331528

An employee added flux to molten metal. As the employee tried to push the flux into the metal with a rake, the metal erupted and splashed the employee. The employee suffered burns to the left side of the face, the top and back of the head, the left arm, the back, and the right ankle.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate