Incident date: 2024-02-20
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was checking the setting on a machine. He was standing next to a hose containing 210-degree water, that was connected to a plastic extruder roller. The hose came loose and the employee was sprayed with hot water, suffering a first-degree burn to the back. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water, liquids nonchemical
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  first degree
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate