Incident date: 2023-05-18
NAICS industry code: 331512

Employees were pouring molten metal when one of the employee's hands became hot, causing them to let go of one side of the ladle. The ladle tipped to the left, spilling metal onto the floor. It then splashed up and into the boot of the injured employee, resulting in burns to his left leg and foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate