Incident date: 2019-12-04
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was monitoring a 2-inch hose that was being thawed out using steam and was about to uncouple it to drain the line. When he unlatched the cam locks, built-up steam in the line released and burned the employee's face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate