Incident date: 2015-05-21
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was changing out a gasket on the discharge side of the power boiler feed water pump.  Hot water (200+ degrees) released from the pipe and burned the employee's shoulder, chest, and stomach, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate