Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Nucor Steel
Start: 11/17/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161110828 · 11/17/2016 · Nucor Steel

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower extremities, unspecified
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Molten or hot metals, slag

Employer

Name: Nucor Steel
Location: 8812 Highway 79 West, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to add alloy to steel when a splash of alloy came through the door and hit his pant leg. He was kneeling at the time, so the splash ran down into his boot, causing burns.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown