Incident date: 2025-08-18
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was performing final disassembly of a boiler tank (750 hp) for an annual inspection. When he removed a hand hole plug at the bottom of the tank, he was sprayed with hot water at waist level. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his waist and legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water, liquids nonchemical
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate