Incident date: 2017-12-04
NAICS industry code: 325110

An employee was removing a copper cell when a weld on the copper cell ruptured, spewing molten copper onto the lower half of his body. He suffered third degree burns to the front and back of his body from the waist down.

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