Incident date: 2022-12-01
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was performing routine calibrations on gauges for a purified water loop. The employee was on ladder removing a pressure valve. When the valve came loose steam was released from the water loop and struck the left side of the employee's torso, causing them to fall from the ladder. The employee suffered second degree burns on their left shoulder and torso, as well as a fracture of their left foot from the fall off the ladder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate