Incident date: 2018-04-24
NAICS industry code: 331419

An employee was transporting a ladle from the furnace to the casting area using an industrial truck.  The front tire hit a pothole causing the molten silicon to spill to the ground which caused an explosion resulting in second degree burns to the employee's face, upper back, left arm and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate