Incident date: 2022-03-17
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was trying to unclog a floor drain. He knelt down on his right knee and inserted the nozzle on a hose into the drain. When he opened the valve, water from the hose and drain (heated to 130-131 degrees Fahrenheit) splashed onto his left arm and into his right boot. He suffered a second-degree burn to the left forearm, right shin, and the top of the right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate