Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Southwest Galvanizing, Inc., 737 Aleen Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77029
on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the heel(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was monitoring a dipping operation through an observation window on the closed door of a hot dip galvanizing kettle. Zinc spattered from the kettle, entering the top of the employee's boot and causing a third-degree burn to his left heel. Personal protective equipment was being worn at the time of the incident, but pants were tucked into boots.
HospitalizedHeel(s)Molten or hot metals, slag
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