Incident date: 2021-09-23
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee stepped onto a steel grate covering a 24-inch by 24-inch, 18-inch-deep area of a longer concrete pit containing heated water. The grate shifted and gave way, and the employee stepped into the hot water resulting in thermal burns to both lower legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate