Incident date: 2024-05-03
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was starting up a water-tube-style boiler after shutdown when the manway cover gasket failed, evacuating pressurized steam and hot water into the boiler room. The employee was on a mezzanine deck while the room rapidly filled with steam, causing second-degree burns to both of their arms from fingertips to the elbows.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors nonchemical
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Multiple upper extremities locations  n.e.c.
severity: moderate