Incident date: 2023-08-27
NAICS industry code: 447110

An employee was disposing of old coffee in a pot and preparing to make a new pot of coffee. The employee emptied the pot into a bucket on the counter and reached under the counter to retrieve filters and coffee bags. The bucket of coffee fell onto the employee, causing second- and third-degree burns to his chest, arms, and feet that required hospitalization.

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