Timken Steel Corporation - Faircrest Steel Plant

Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified — CANTON, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Timken Steel Corporation - Faircrest Steel Plant in CANTON, OHIO
Employer Timken Steel Corporation - Faircrest Steel Plant Report ID 2022032424
Address 4511 Faircrest St., SW City, State ZIP CANTON, OHIO 44706
Event Date March 17, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. Source of Injury Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 331111 Inspection # 1585045
GPS Coordinates 40.75000, -81.43000

Incident Narrative

A slag pot broke loose as the hauler was moving toward the slag yard which fully engulfed the area in flames destroying the vehicle and injuring an employee. The injured employee suffered burns to the head and wrist and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On March 17, 2022, a worker at Timken Steel Corporation - Faircrest Steel Plant in CANTON, OHIO suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c., with construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 143 severe injury reports involving "Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. injuries.

See all reports for Timken Steel Corporation - Faircrest Steel Plant.

Similar Incidents

Other severe injury reports involving Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. events:

Date Employer Location Nature Outcome
Jun 28, 2023 Levy Environmental Services Company SINTON, TEXAS Amputations Amp.
Apr 25, 2023 Yellowstone Landscape MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS Cuts, lacerations Hosp.
Jun 28, 2022 Steel King Industries, Inc. ROME, GEORGIA Cuts, lacerations Hosp.
Mar 2, 2020 Sponge Company GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI Amputations Amp.
Feb 24, 2015 Tri-Boro Construction Supplies Inc. RED LION, PENNSYLVANIA Intracranial injuries, unspecified Hosp.
Jun 15, 2022 Chenega Healthcare Services LLC FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages Hosp.
Jul 8, 2017 H&M International Transportation JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY Fractures Hosp.
Jul 18, 2023 SWH Construction, LLC NORMAN, OKLAHOMA Avulsions, enucleations Hosp.