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Accident: 100464.015 - Employee Sustains Burns From Flying Molten Metal When Scrap

**Accident: 100464.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 05/04/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1265435.015	10/05/2017		Fritz Enterprises Inc Dba Fritz Products Inc

At 2:00 p.m. on May 4, 2017, an employee was staging scrap metal material to be put into a melting furnace. The employee dumped the material into the melting fu rnace from a charge box which contained moisture. The metal exploded out of the furnace toward the employee. The employee was not wearing required personal prot ective equipment. The employee sustained burns to skin from contact with the mol ten metal.

Keywords: burn, explosion, furnace, heat, ppe, protective clothing, scrap metal, skin, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1265435.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Molding and casting machine operators

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