Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns third degree or higher
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nemak USA, Inc., 4243 Gateway Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 53081
on , Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee in the melt department was getting ready to put a recirculation pump into the pump housing area. He first put the pump in a cabinet to warm it up to avoid thermal shock. It shifted and the cold refractory contacted the hot metal. Molten metal contacted the employee, resulting in third-degree burns between their knee(s) and ankle(s). The employee was wearing some personal protective equipment (PPE) at the time but this was breached by the molten metal.