OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221424500

Aluminum Processing,Burn,Eye,Goggles,Heat,High Temperature,Insufficient Supervision,Melting Furnace,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Molten Metal,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Pouring,Splashed,Struck By,Supervision

2021-12-27T00:00:00

Event: Aluminum Processing,Burn,Eye,Goggles,Heat,High Temperature,Insufficient Supervision,Melting Furnace,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Molten Metal,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Pouring,Splashed,Struck By,Supervision
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221424500
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee pouring molten metal burns eye when splashed

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
1

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