Incident date: 2016-06-25
NAICS industry code: 326121

A maintenance employee was responding to an extruder machine that had a malfunctioning water cooling unit. When the employee went to see what was wrong, the machine released hot water and steam, which struck the employee in the arm, torso, and feet.  The employee suffered burns to the skin and was hospitalized.

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