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Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 20191213106 · 12/21/2019 · Wheatland Tube Company
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Source
- Molten or hot metals, slag
Employer
- Name
- Wheatland Tube Company
- Location
- 4435 S. Western Blvd, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- NAICS
- 331110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning slag off the platform and slipped off a ledge. Their foot fell into a molten zinc pot resulting in burns to the leg and foot.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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