Incident date: 2024-01-04
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was working on installing a rental boiler when the storage tank got extremely hot. The pressure rose and the line broke, causing pressurized hot water to spray onto the employee causing second-degree burns to approximately 63% of his body.

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