NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
Contact with hot objects or substances - Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns - BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas
| Employer | NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc. |
| Address | 5929 E. STATE HIGHWAY 18 |
| City, State ZIP | BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas 72315 |
| Report ID | 2018055131 |
| Event Date | May 25, 2018 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns |
| Body Part | Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Source of Injury | Molten or hot metals, slag |
| Secondary Source | Parts and materials, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 331110 |
| Inspection # | 1321056 |
| GPS Coordinates | 35.91000, -89.78000 |
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Incident 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.
Incident Summary
On May 25, 2018, a worker at NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc. in BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the foot(feet) and leg(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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