Shelmet Precision Casting Co.
Contact with hot objects or substances - Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified - WILD ROSE, Wisconsin
| Employer | Shelmet Precision Casting Co. |
| Address | 550 County Highway H |
| City, State ZIP | WILD ROSE, Wisconsin 54984 |
| Report ID | 2019087942 |
| Event Date | August 2, 2019 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified |
| Body Part | Hand(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Source of Injury | Source, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 331512 |
| GPS Coordinates | 44.17028, -89.23959 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was using a half-gallon metal transfer ladle. After she finished the transfer process, the kettle sat on a hot plate. She was clearing a wax chunk from its inside lip when the chunk fell into the kettle and splashed hot wax on her hand. She suffered burns to both hands (mainly the back of the right hand) and possibly on the back of her neck.
Incident Summary
On August 2, 2019, a worker at Shelmet Precision Casting Co. in WILD ROSE, Wisconsin suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with source, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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