Incident date: 2018-08-03
NAICS industry code: 325194

An employee was clearing an unloading pump for maintenance. He applied steam, had the pump blocked in, and was relieving pressure on the unloading hose. When he began to loosen the hose, hot water and condensate sprayed onto his clothes and skin. He was hospitalized with first and second degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Liquids, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate