Incident date: 2018-08-30
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee was operating the casting machine. A malfunction allowed molten copper to be poured into water creating an explosion. The employee sustained burns to the face, neck, and shoulder and an eye injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate