Incident date: 2021-08-25
NAICS industry code: 311615

At about 9:02 p.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee was trying to clear clogged wastewater pumps. The employee turned off power to the pumps and started the procedure to clear the lines. Upon opening a line, the employee was sprayed by heated liquid and suffered second-degree burns to the torso and upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

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