Incident date: 2023-05-22
NAICS industry code: 325180

An employee was checking the solids on the crystallizer and melter. As the employee opened the valve to get a sample, the camlock came loose and the employee was sprayed with 170-180-degree hot salt slurry. He sustained second-degree burns on his thighs that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Liquids, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate