Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
Start: 5/25/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018055131 · 5/25/2018 · NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Molten or hot metals, slag
Secondary source: Parts and materials, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
Location: 5929 E. STATE HIGHWAY 18, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A caster operator was removing a safety blank while wearing heavy welding gloves to insert a smaller nozzle in a casting tundish holding molten steel. The blank fell onto the top of the shroud, causing the molten steel to splatter onto his flame-resistant clothing and metatarsal safety boots. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to his lower legs and feet.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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