Incident date: 2017-02-10
NAICS industry code: 423930

On February 10, 2017, an employee was using a torch to cut an automotive die when a line ruptured, spraying the employee's legs with hot hydraulic fluid. The employee sustained serious burn injuries to both legs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate