Incident date: 2023-04-29
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was servicing a front-end loader outside a coke pit. A coke drum was opened, releasing hot water and petroleum coke. This material went over a berm and as the employee ran away from the material, he fell to the ground and was burned by the hot coke and water. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate