Incident date: 2021-10-10
NAICS industry code: 562213

An employee was checking the water levels in an ash discharger. When the employee opened the discharger's viewing door, hot ash and gas were propelled outward. The employee suffered second-degree burns on the face and neck, as well as first-degree burns on the forearms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Incinerators
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate