Incident date: 2018-01-05
NAICS industry code: 311111

An employee was disconnecting a steam pipe that led from a building to a truck that was carrying liquid meat. When the employee disconnected the pipe, residual steam in the pipe released and caused second degree burns to the employee, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate