Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Signicast Hutchins LLC, 1501 S. Interstate 45 RG, HUTCHINS, TEXAS 75141
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employees were pouring molten metal when one of the employee's hands became hot, causing them to let go of one side of the ladle. The ladle tipped to the left, spilling metal onto the floor. It then splashed up and into the boot of the injured employee, resulting in burns to his left leg and foot.
HospitalizedFoot(feet) and leg(s), unspecifiedMolten or hot metals, slag
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