Incident date: 2017-11-08
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was removing a diverter valve after emptying and depressurizing the holding tank. After the safety clamp was removed, the back-pressure splashed product on the employee, burning both hands and forearms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Beverages, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate