OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398530

DAVIS WIRE CORPORATION

IRWINDALE, CA· 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
NAICS: 332618
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345562110
Employer profile: DAVIS WIRE CORPORATION
Summary number: 221398530
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee burns leg after stepping into vat of molten zinc

Investigation abstract

At 11:20 a.m. on September 4, 2021, an employee working as an electrician for a metal wire manufacturer was working on electrical equipment that needed servicing. The employee had to walk around a catwalk and accidentally stepped into an unguarded vat of molten zinc. The employee was hospitalized to treat 3rd degree burns to his leg and foot.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
575

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