Incident date: 2016-11-16
NAICS industry code: 325520

An employee was transforming hot resin from a 55-gallon drum that was elevated by a forklift over an open vat. The employee opened a gate valve on the drum and the valve popped off, creating an uncontrolled release of the hot liquid that caused serious burns to his right forearm. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Resins
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate