Incident date: 2021-04-09
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee walked into a location in a tank containment dike where part of a grate had been removed, causing his right leg to sink in hot wash water up to his knee. The water filled his rubber boot and he suffered second- and third-degree burns below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate