Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Revere Smelting & Refining Corporation
Start: 6/3/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065051 · 6/3/2017 · Revere Smelting & Refining Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Revere Smelting & Refining Corporation
Location: 65 BALLARD ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, 10941
NAICS: 331492
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was returning to his station at a molten lead kettle when a coworker added a sodium hydroxide treatment too quickly to the molten lead, causing it to react and spill over onto the injured employee. He suffered second degree burns on his left foot and was hospitalized.

Source

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