Incident date: 2022-12-12
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee had been pressure washing equipment and the floor using water heated to approximately 200  F. The pressurized stream contacted the employee's rubber boot causing a burn to the top of their foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate