Incident date: 2022-09-13
NAICS industry code: 331511

At 4:26 p.m. on September 13, 2022, a moisture was introduced to molten iron causing a steam explosion. A nearby employee felt and heard the explosion, causing him to strike the top of his hard hat on an air duct. The employee suffered a concussion and had difficulty breathing and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate