Incident date: 2024-06-27
NAICS industry code: 324110

On June 27, 2024, two employees were doing a lineup of a vessel (metal drum) to be filled through a fixed pipe with heated water. The lid of the vessel became unseated and a burping action occurred, spraying hot water onto an employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to their back, left arm, left leg, and right hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water, liquids nonchemical
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate