Incident date: 2022-03-01
NAICS industry code: 311613

Two maintenance employees were unclogging a hydrolyzer. While one of them was reaching into a portal to remove the clog, a steam pocket released steam through the portal. The other employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to the left arm and the left side of the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate