Incident date: 2020-05-03
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee removed a piece of pipe to clear a blockage. After removing the pipe, the employee backed away and removed his PPE. The blockage broke loose and he was splashed/sprayed with condensate/steam heated to about 180-200 degrees Fahrenheit. He was hospitalized with burns to his elbow and shoulder blades.

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: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate