Incident date: 2022-10-13
NAICS industry code: 331511

Excess molten iron was moved to a pig drain pond. When some of the iron had cooled, a forklift was used to break up and move iron that had overflowed from the pond. Some molten iron melted a hydraulic line on the forklift, causing pressurized hydraulic fluid to spray out. The fluid was then ignited by the molten iron, resulting in a fireball that burned the hands and face of an employee who was standing on the melt deck about 14 feet away from the forklift. The injured employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate