Incident date: 2021-05-06
NAICS industry code: 312120

An employee was filling a stainless steel batching table with hot water to begin a CIP cycle. Once the equipment filled with hot water, the pressure caused a faulty valve to open. The employee was sprayed with hot water and suffered second-degree burns to his arm, torso, and leg.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate