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Continental Casting, LLC

Contact with hot objects or substances — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified — MONROE CITY, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Continental Casting, LLC in MONROE CITY, MISSOURI
Employer Continental Casting, LLC Report ID 2018021661
Address 801 Second Street City, State ZIP MONROE CITY, MISSOURI 63456
Event Date February 17, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Molten or hot metals, slag
Industry (NAICS) 331521 Inspection # 1298176
GPS Coordinates 39.65000, -91.72000

Incident Narrative

An employee was skimming impurities from melt when he lost his footing and fell forward into a pot of molten aluminum. He was burned on the left arm and hand.

Incident Summary

On February 17, 2018, a worker at Continental Casting, LLC in MONROE CITY, MISSOURI suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.. 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

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