Incident date: 2018-03-14
NAICS industry code: 311511

While working on a sterilizer, an employee opened the damper door and came into contact with steam, suffering burns to the hands and face. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate