Incident date: 2022-12-06
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was using a snorkel system to suction hot oil out of a railcar tanker. Pressure had built up in the hose and pushed extra air pressure into the oil. This caused the hot oil and gases up to 180 degrees to be blown in the employee's face, arms, and chest. He sustained second and third-degree burns to the face and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate