Incident date: 2023-11-01
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employe was attempting to hook up an air line to a valve. The valve was closed, but the air pressure from the line triggered it and caused it to fully open. Hot water and vapor splashed onto the employee, who suffered burns to the back, neck, and upper extremities.

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