Incident date: 2024-02-13
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was tapping molten metal from a furnace into a ladle. A reaction in the ladle caused metal to erupt from it toward the tapping station, where it burned the employee's face, neck, and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten metal, slag
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate