Incident date: 2019-01-28
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was microwaving water during food preparation when her apron string was caught on the microwave. When she walked away, the microwave was pulled violently. This caused the hot water to fly out and land on her right hand, resulting in severe burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate