Incident date: 2015-01-04
NAICS industry code: 331521

On or about January 4, 2015, an employee was injured while running a gas sample. The employee was dipping out a sample with a sample cup using tongs. When he put the cup in, the hot metal splashed on him, causing burns to the ring finger and little finger on his right hand.  The employee was admitted to the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate