Incident date: 2023-07-22
NAICS industry code: 324191

Employees were filling 55-gallon drums of finished lubricant from a cook kettle. The injured employee was operating the kettle valve when the seal on the filter basket failed under pressure, spraying the employee with 300-400-degree F lubricant. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to 20% of the body, including his chest, arms, and legs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate