OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398530

Burn,Caught In,Chemical,Chemical Burn,Electrician,Engineering Controls,Foot,High Temperature,Housekeeping,Inexperience,Injury Illness Prevention Program,Insufficient Supervision,Lack of Engineering Controls,Leg,Maintenance,Manufacturing,Metal,Metal Wire,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Molten Metal,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Protective Clothing,Skin,Unguarded,Unsafe Position,Vat,Walking Surface,Work Surface

2021-09-04T00:00:00

Event: Burn,Caught In,Chemical,Chemical Burn,Electrician,Engineering Controls,Foot,High Temperature,Housekeeping,Inexperience,Injury Illness Prevention Program,Insufficient Supervision,Lack of Engineering Controls,Leg,Maintenance,Manufacturing,Metal,Metal Wire,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Molten Metal,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Protective Clothing,Skin,Unguarded,Unsafe Position,Vat,Walking Surface,Work Surface
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221398530
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee burns leg after stepping into vat of molten zinc

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
575

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