Incident date: 2019-02-05
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was using a chain hoist to position a pipe to be welded when the chain caught a valve on the existing pipe and opened the valve, releasing hot water on the employee. He suffered burns to the right arm (from his forearm to his bicep) and right torso (from the ribs to the stomach).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate