BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc., 5929 E. STATE HIGHWAY 18, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS 72315 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
A caster operator was removing a safety blank while wearing heavy welding gloves to insert a smaller nozzle in a casting tundish holding molten steel. The blank fell onto the top of the shroud, causing the molten steel to splatter onto his flame-resistant clothing and metatarsal safety boots. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to his lower legs and feet.
More severe injuries at NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
An employee had placed a keeper on a spade and ducked under the spade to place another keeper. The employee tripped while going under the spade and fell into a hand rail, resulting in five broken ribs.
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS—
NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
An employee was descending a fixed ladder after installing a thermocouple for a reheat furnace when he missed the bottom rung, lost his balance, and fell to the floor. He fractured his right femur and required hospitalization.
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