Incident date: 2021-06-01
NAICS industry code: 811192

On June 1, 2021, at approximately 5:15 p.m. an employee was cleaning residual material from a tank wagon. When the tank wagon operator opened the meter/pump valves residual rinse water (approximately 200 degrees F) was released from an open hose and splashed onto the employee's legs. The employee was hospitalized for second degree burns on his lower legs.

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