Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170621577 - Employee sustained foot burns when liquid zinc splashed

Accident Summary Nr: 170621577 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 08/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125696427	12/19/2000	3312	0	Court Galvanizing, Inc.

Abstract: On August 28, 2000, Employee #1, a forklift driver, was called by the zinc bath operator to help him because one of three pieces being galvanized broke loose from the crane. While trying to set the three pieces over the two pipes on top of the zinc bath, one of the pipes rolled and fell into the molten bath. The liquid zinc splashed and entered Employee #1's left boot, causing third degree foot burns. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The employer is engaged in hot dip galvanizing of structural steel.

Keywords: BURN, PIPE, CRANE, FOOT, ZINC PLATING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125696427			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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