THE TOP DIE CASTING COMPANY
Contact with hot objects or substances - Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns - SOUTH BELOIT, Illinois
| Employer | THE TOP DIE CASTING COMPANY |
| Address | 13910 DEARBORN |
| City, State ZIP | SOUTH BELOIT, Illinois 61080 |
| Report ID | 20171110496 |
| Event Date | November 2, 2017 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns |
| Body Part | Arm(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Source of Injury | Molten or hot metals, slag |
| Industry (NAICS) | 331521 |
| Inspection # | 1276172 |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.46893, -89.02002 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was on a forklift, loading bricks into a hot furnace, when he was splashed with hot molten metal, suffering third degree burns to his arms.
Incident Summary
On November 2, 2017, a worker at THE TOP DIE CASTING COMPANY in SOUTH BELOIT, Illinois suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with molten or hot metals, slag identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 1,902 severe injury reports involving "Contact with hot objects or substances" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with hot objects or substances injuries.
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