Incident date: 2020-01-16
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was mixing a batch of starch. As the employee added steam to the mixer, the starch overflowed. The employee slipped on the hot starch, which burned the employee's left hand and lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate