NIBONG TEBAL: A maintenance worker suffered 30% burns on his legs after falling into a cauldron of molten zinc at the Nibong Tebal Industrial Park today.
A Penang fire and rescue department operations centre spokesman said they received an emergency call at 11am and dispatched a team from the Nibong Tebal and Sungai Bakap fire stations to the location.
“The victim, a maintenance worker, fell into the 450°C cauldron, measuring 20 feet by five feet.
“The victim suffered 30% burns on his legs,” he said in a statement, adding that he was taken to Sungai Bakap Hospital.