Incident date: 2019-06-25
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was burned by steam, hot water, and a caustic cleaning chemical while disconnecting a pipe during a clean in place (CIP) process. The employee was hospitalized with second and third degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate