OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970798
USA INDUSTRIES
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee burns leg after slipping into molten zinc
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:00 a.m. on January 26, 1989, Employee #1 pulled a roll of wir e fencing in front of a galvanizer and stepped on the galvanizer apron. He was r ethreading the fencing following cleanup operations when his foot slipped into a n approximately 16 ft by 10 in. opening, allowing the front of his left leg to c ontact the molten zinc. He was working alone, but was seen running to the large basin in the change room to cool the burn. Employee #1 was hospitalized for two weeks and as of this inspection was still under a doctor's care.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 723
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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