Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was disconnecting two adjoining 4" hoses from a slurry pump when he was splashed by residual hot material left in the hose after a cavitation. He suffered burns to his leg and arm, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate