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Casting Solutions, LLC

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — ZANESVILLE, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Casting Solutions, LLC in ZANESVILLE, OHIO
Employer Casting Solutions, LLC Report ID 2020109509
Address 2345 Licking Road City, State ZIP ZANESVILLE, OHIO 43701
Event Date October 6, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Molten or hot metals, slag
Industry (NAICS) 331111 Inspection # 1497454
GPS Coordinates 39.95000, -82.03000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a slag spoon to skim off impurities on molten gray iron. The employee dipped the spoon into the zircon wash and gray iron popped onto the employee. The employee sustained first and second degree burns to the left side of the palm, the forearm, and the abdomen.

Incident Summary

On October 6, 2020, a worker at Casting Solutions, LLC in ZANESVILLE, OHIO suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, 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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