Incident date: 2016-08-17
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was preparing a no-bake sand mold. When the molten metal was poured into the mold, the aluminum ran through the lifting hole and entered the employee's right shoe, burning his foot and requiring surgery. He also suffered burns on both hands while attempting to remove his shoe.

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: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate