Incident date: 2022-08-30
NAICS industry code: 331318

An employee was using a hydraulic chipper to clean a press when the conveyor lowered and the employee's leg was caught. The hot aluminum billet made contact with the employee's leg, resulting in a laceration and burn.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate