SCURLOCK INDUSTRIES OF SPRINGFIELD, INC.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Thermal burns degree unspecified — SPRINGFIELD, Missouri

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at SCURLOCK INDUSTRIES OF SPRINGFIELD, INC. in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri
Employer SCURLOCK INDUSTRIES OF SPRINGFIELD, INC.
Address 3401 WEST COMMERCIAL STREET
City, State ZIP SPRINGFIELD, Missouri 65803
Report ID 2025054903
Event Date May 23, 2025
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Thermal burns degree unspecified
Body Part Ankle(s)
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of Injury Molten metal, slag
Secondary Source Secondary source not applicable
Industry (NAICS) 327390
GPS Coordinates 37.23059, -93.34622

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Incident Narrative

An employee was welding flared ends in the wire room inside the warehouse when a piece of welding slag fell and burned through his jeans and into his left boot. The employee was hospitalized with a burn to the top of his left ankle and required surgery.

Incident Summary

On May 23, 2025, a worker at SCURLOCK INDUSTRIES OF SPRINGFIELD, INC. in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri suffered thermal burns degree unspecified to the ankle(s). The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with molten metal, slag identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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