Incident date: 2016-03-04
NAICS industry code: 311313

An employee was trying to clear a blocked floor drain using an air hose. He attempted to pressurize the drain and hot water splashed onto his face, arms, and chest, causing second degree burns to 10 percent of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate