Incident date: 2024-10-29
NAICS industry code: 325910

An employee was pumping varnish from a holding tank into a tub for a production batch. He was filling the tub through a flex hose. When the hot varnish started flowing, it caused the flex hose to move and spray hot varnish. The employee sustained burns to their back requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnish
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate