Incident date: 2023-10-16
NAICS industry code: 311111

An employee was conducting a maintenance inspection on a hydrostatic retort. They were opening an inspection port by removing a clamp when residual hot water exited the port and contacted the employee. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and arms.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate