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Encore Wire Corporation

Contact with hot objects or substances — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified — MCKINNEY, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Encore Wire Corporation in MCKINNEY, TEXAS
Employer Encore Wire Corporation Report ID 2018065635
Address 1311 Millwood Road, B-East City, State ZIP MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75069
Event Date June 8, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Body Part Foot (feet), unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Molten or hot metals, slag
Industry (NAICS) 335929 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.18000, -96.60000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning slag from a vessel containing molten copper. The slag and molten copper splashed onto the employee's left foot burning it.

Incident Summary

On June 8, 2018, a worker at Encore Wire Corporation in MCKINNEY, TEXAS suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the foot (feet), 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

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