Incident date: 2023-06-06
NAICS industry code: 331511

Employees were working on a molten iron transfer ladle when the plug that closes the opening at the top of the ladle became stuck. The employees moved the ladle onto its side with the overhead crane and freed the plug. Molten iron then came out of the opening. Two employees sustained second-and-third-degree burns to the lower body.

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: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: low