Incident date: 2023-08-02
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was releasing slag from a spout on a pot when it became clogged. Molten iron spewed out, causing burns to the employee's right side of the stomach. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate