Incident date: 2016-10-15
NAICS industry code: 333241

The employee was cleaning the plate heat exchangers when a mechanical system failure resulted in the release of pressurized steam (30-35 psi). The employee was hospitalized for burns to the stomach, groin, and both arms.

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