Incident date: 2022-07-23
NAICS industry code: 115114

An employee was power-washing the area around a filter. The filter medium was pressurized and released; hot water and steam struck the employee, who suffered burns to the left arm (from the wrist to just above the elbow) and the back of the neck.

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