Incident date: 2024-07-22
NAICS industry code: 322130

On July 22, 2024, at 10:30 AM, an employee was responding to a pulp mill manufacturing process shutdown. Pulp stock overflowed through an engineered overflow pipe resulting in a buildup of stock in a bermed area. The stock was 140 to 150 degrees. The employee went to the bermed area to close an air-actuated process valve. While closing the valve, pulp stock entered the top of his boots and caused second-degree burns to both of his lower legs down to his feet. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Raw and semi-finished materials and byproducts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations  n.e.c.
severity: moderate