Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Damascus Steel Casting Company
Start: 4/27/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043770 · 4/27/2017 · Damascus Steel Casting Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Forging machinery
Secondary source: Molten or hot metals, slag

Employer

Name: Damascus Steel Casting Company
Location: 1023 Pittsfield Alley, NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15066
NAICS: 331513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was melting steel in a furnace when the molten steel contacted piping carrying circulating water and caused an explosion. The employee was burned by steam and molten metal and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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