Incident date: 2023-06-22
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was putting a machine back in service from being locked and tagged out. When the employee restarted the machine, hot water and broken down woodchips began to flow from the drain valve. The employee sustained first-and second-degree burns to both lower legs.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate