OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221424500

RIVER VALLEY RECYCLING, LLC

KANKAKEE, IL· 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
NAICS: 562920
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345709380
Employer profile: RIVER VALLEY RECYCLING, LLC
Summary number: 221424500
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee pouring molten metal burns eye when splashed

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee was pouring molten aluminum when the metal splashed and struck the area around his eye socket. The employee sought medical treatment at a local hospital and was transferred via ambulance and admitted to a medical center burn unit for treatment of 2nd degree burns. The employee was released from the hospital the next day.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
1

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