Incident date: 2016-04-26
NAICS industry code: 325211

While disconnecting a steam fitting from a railcar, an employee suffered thermal burns to the hands/arms from hot water that released from the fitting.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate