Incident date: 2017-06-07
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was standing outside the entrance of a power house when he heard a loud noise inside. The pressure relief valve of the absorber and the condensation released, spraying hot steam on the employee. He suffered burns on his back and shoulders.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate