Incident date: 2022-04-07
NAICS industry code: 331410

An employee was removing bolts on a lead pump pipe to investigate a plug. While loosening the third bolt, molten lead sprayed out and hit the employee all down the right side of his body. The employee sustained first and third degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate