Incident date: 2023-09-15
NAICS industry code: 112340

An employee was utilizing high-pressure hot water to clear a vacuum line. As they were removing the hose from the vacuum line, the hot water inside the line evacuated rapidly, spraying the employee. They sustained second-degree burns to the torso and forearm.

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