Incident date: 2024-07-04
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was utilizing a kettle with 196-degree water to clean equipment when the hot cleaning fluid splashed on his leg and got in his work boot, causing severe burns to his leg/foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water, liquids nonchemical
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate