Incident date: 2025-08-05
NAICS industry code: 481211

An employee was boiling a 17-ounce kettle of water in the galley of the aircraft. She crouched down to clean the cabinets and the kettle was knocked over onto her. The kettle struck her arm and spilled boiling water on her, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to her chest, neck, and right arm.

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  n.e.c.
severity: moderate