Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was unloading forgings from a furnace to the floor where they were placed on rails using an overhead crane and lifting chains. As the employee was unhooking the lifting chains from the forgings on the rails, the chain hook became caught on the rail. The employee used a metal bar to attempt to free up the chain hook. When the chain hook was freed, the hook swung back and came into contact with a metal wedge that is used to keep the forgings in place on the rail. When the wedge was moved out of position, one of the forgings shifted and pinched the employee's lower right leg between two forgings, burning his lower right leg just above his boot.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Parts and materials, unspecified
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