Incident date: 2017-09-21
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was changing a 2-inch braided hose equipped with cam locks. The cam locks disengaged, and the employee was sprayed with steam and hot water, suffering second degree burns to both hands and the left arm, as well as possible second degree burns to the forehead and 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: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate