Incident date: 2017-12-09
NAICS industry code: 331421

An employee was using a wet shovel to clean molten copper when an explosion occurred. He suffered burns and was hospitalized.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate